THE TSUKANOV ART COLLECTION

 
 

WITNESSES OF THE FUTURE. ISLAMIC PROJECT. MOSCOW. RED SQUARE. (1996-2003)

ARTIST:AES + F
YEAR:1996
SIZE:60x90
TECHNIQUE:c-print

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The images of Islamic Project debuted at the Guelman Gallery in Moscow as AES – Witnesses of the Future: Islamic Project in 1996, during the breakout of Chechen War, and served as a kind of psychoanalysis – a visualization of Western fears about Islam. In 1997, the group created an interactive performance titled AES Travel Agency to the Future – a fake travel agency office with souvenirs from an “Islamified” future, where visitors were asked to fill out a provocative questionnaire. The Islamic Project has been shown in Russia, the United States, South Korea, as well as in many European countries, and was met with an active and controversial reaction in the international press”.