Vassiliea Stylianidou

The project Do you want to kill me, baby? is motivated by the increasing insecurity of public space resulting from ever-increasing acts of terrorism.
A fictitious city has been designed, in which absolute security shall reign. In response to the escalated fear associated with being in public space, the multinational concern MTI, Inc. decided to commission a new city that provides its inhabitants with absolute security. It bears the name City <A>. Its aim is to re-determine the laws of urban cohabitation. The land on which City <A> is built was purchased by MTI, Inc. and is regarded as independent territory that is owned by and under the auspices of the
company. No traditional government and no traditional state power can lay claim on either the territory or the City <A>.
City <A> consists of two sectors, which exist legally and physically
independent of one another. These units are City <A>1: Knowledge Archive and City <A>2: Education Division.
In this project I introduce the unit City <A>1.
— Vassiliea Stylianidou

Selected solo exhibitions: 2003: Kappatos, Athens; 2002: Capri, Berlin.
Selected group exhibitions: 2003: O-FORM, Capri, Berlin; A.G. Schloss Plüschow, Germany; 7th International Video festival VideoMedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia; Chiangmai First New Media Art Festival, CMU Art Museum, Thailand; 2002: Familistère 1, Kunst-Werke Berlin; Open Weekend, CAPRI, Berlin; t.i.a (this is america), Kunst und Medienzentrum Adlershof, Berlin; 2001: White Collar, Charlottenstrasse 79/80, Berlin; Intime Expeditionen Badischer, Kunstverein, Karlsruhe; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin; Moving Images, The Nicosia Municipal Arts Center; 2000: Unterwegs Goldrausch 11, Kunstbunker, Nürnberg; Kappatos, Athens; Scanning, Springer und Winckler, Berlin; TENROOMS2000, St. George Lycabettus Hotel, Athens; Concept, Kappatos, Athens; 1999: Outdoor Games, Udk Berlin; 1998: Indoor Games, Stiftung Starke, Berlin.




 
Do you want to kill me, baby?, 2002. Color, sound. Video stills.