Alban Biaussat
Rainbow Stickers
“Rainbow Stickers” (2007): until mid-2007, when flying out of Israel, airport stickers put on passports and luggage used a colour coding system to indicate the level of threat posed by individuals, (native or visitor) to the security of the state of Israel. In "Rainbow Stickers", Biaussat utilizes the colour coding system, intentionally focusing on urban landscapes in order to demonstrate differences in the provision of public utilities. He makes reference to the "security" airport stickers, adding his own subjective reading which is just as partial and prejudicial as that of the airport security agents. Exhibited a selection of 27 images at the Centre for Jerusalem Studies, The Mamluk Hammam el Ein, Khan Tankaz, Suq Al-Qattanin, It was Biaussat's intention to paste coloured stickers throughout the old city in public spaces, but this attempt was met with trepidation by local youth, who, not understanding the relative mark of the stickers, immediately tore stickers down after they had been pasted.
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