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Podium to let

«Any box will do if you want to stand up»
This project composed by a stand up board placed on a side walk and an apple box. On the wooden board it will be written in chalk announcements such as: «to let, credible podium». The action will happen in the Witte de With Street in the neighbourhood of Gil and Moti home gallery. Podium to let wants to lend a simple apple box, very common in the Netherlands, to the interested passers- and the work will step from the plain metaphorical level to an active one – the ultimate goal.

The core subject of the work is representation and the role of the individual, the citizen in the present European society and culture, commenting and questioning the democratique system and structures. This can be illustrated by the subtitle «Any box will do if you want to stand up», meaning that it is not about the means to take action but the action itself, or that as Hanna Arendt said all action is already political. Therefore, from the 12 th until the 14 th of September the citizens and passers-by of the Witte de With Street in Rotterdam can use an apple box for whatever might be inscribed on the board in that day, another example would be «To let – a step higher» Other uses will be taken into account when suggested by the participants.

Most of the action itself will be led by the participants, whether they might only want to question the action, or use the box, whether they want to try it on the spot or taken to some other place. If they want to use for some specific reason on another place and occasion I will try to support them by all the means I can offer. This piece comments, critiques, questions, and try to raise questions in peoples minds about their role in society, something I have being dealing in my latest works. “Can we be more that mere spectators of culture and society?” Are we consumers are can we also be producers?” The How’s I have to say it’s not only up to me, therefore I don’t suggest any!

This piece is mainly, as I said before an interaction between the provider of the analytical tool – as I might call it – that is me; the tool itself, which is the whole process, from the reading of the board until the decision of using the box; and finally the participant, the passer-by. 2003

Gil & Moti Home Gallery