BEAUTIFUL OCCUPATION
Andrej Derkovic

Beautiful occupation. Installation

The work “Beautiful occupation” is based on the song by British group “Travis” which was written as a reaction to occupation of Iraq by coalition forces. The work consists of little-trees (arbre-magic) that we use in cars, in this case with the design of the American flag.

The main task is to make the space nice with its smell, but the very picture of multiplication of flags is visually aggressive. At the same time, the work is also drawing attention at the absurd changing of the understanding of the phrase “occupation forces” which is nowadays in the case of Iraq used as “liberation forces”. The work was first shown in May, 2005, in the frame of the exhibition “A consumption of justice” in Diyarbakir, Turkey under the commission by Beral Madra.

BEAUTIFUL OCCUPATION
Andrej Derkovic

Beautiful occupation. Installation

Rad “Beautiful occupation” se zasniva na pjesmi britanske grupe Travis koja je nastala kao protest okupaciji Iraka od koalicijskih snaga. Rad se sastoji od mirišljavih drveæa (arbre magic) koji se koriste u automobilu, u ovom sluèaju sa dezenom amerièke zastave.

Svojim mirisom imaju zadatak da navedeni galerijski 10m2 prostor uèine lijepim, no sama vizualna slika multipliciranja zastave je vizualno agresivna. U isto vrijeme, rad aludira na apsurdnu promjenu shvatanja samog izraza “okupacijske snage” koji se u sluèaju okupacije Iraka koristi kao “oslobodilaèke snage”. Rad je premijerno predstavljen u maju 2005.godine u sklopu izložbe „Poimanje pravde“ u Diyarbakiru, Turska èiji je kustos bila Beral Madra.

BEAUTIFUL OCCUPATION
Andrej Derkovic

Beautiful occupation. Installation

Le travail de « Beautiful occupation » est basé sur la chanson d’un groupe britannique « Travis » en réaction à l’occupation de l’Irak par les forces militaires de la coalition. Ce travail est constitué d’arbres magiques avec les motifs du drapeau américain que l’on utilise dans les voitures. Leur rôle est de parfumer l’espace de la galerija 10m2, cependant la multiplication du drapeau est visuellement agressive.

En même temps, ce travail artistique fait allusion à l’absurdité de la signification du terme « forces d’occupation » qui aujourd’hui s’interprète comme les « forces de la libération. »
Cette exposition a été présentée pour la première fois en mai 2005 dans le cadre de l’exposition ‘A consumption of justice’ à Diyarbakir en Turquie sous le commissariat de Beral Madra.

The beautiful occupation
(Travis)

Don't just stand there watching it happening
I can't stand it
Don't feel it
Something's telling me
Don't wanna go out this way
But have a nice day

Then read it in the headlines
Watch it on the TV
Put it in the background
Stick it in the bag
Stick it in the bag

For the beautiful occupation
The beautiful occupation
You don't need an invitation
To drop in upon a nation

I'm too cynical
I'm just sitting here
I'm just wasting my time
Half a million civillians gonna die today
But look the wrong way

The beautiful occupation
The beautiful occupation
So much for an intervention
Don't call the united nations

Andrej Derkovic. Born 1971, living and working in Sarajevo and Geneva. In 2002 he represented Museum ARS AEVI on European Biennale of Visual Arts in La Spezia. Member of The Association of Applied artists and designers of Bosnia & Herzegovina. Awarded with ˝Certificate of Appreciation˝ by United States Information Agency for the activities on the cultural field during the siege of Sarajevo.