Luchezar Boyadjiev

Chairs and Symbols. A project for peaceful co-identification, 1995-2001

cycle of 11 digital prints on paper
each one 56.5 х 78 or 78 х 56.5 cm
edition 2+2AP

The work references the notion of peaceful co-existence from the time of the Cold War. However, here the idea is to have a peaceful co-identification – we are all responsible for what happens on the world as we are all here and now together, like it or not; instead of “stepping into somebody else’s shoes the work urges identification-by-sitting into somebody else’s symbol. The symbols that divide people – from the male-female duo, to the religious and totalitarian symbols might also serve as a reminder that we are or have been or will be in this world together, for good and bad.

All prints can be viewed here