The artist bases the concept of ‘powerism’ on the metaphor of street play played by children. In this metaphor, the tomato boxes represent power. Boxes represent the noise of the powers in the noise they make by moving. The boxes that are interactively placed in the space are detecting human movement and start to move. They symbolically represent today’s ‘powerism’. Foucault evaluates the changing understanding of the power of our time with the Panopticon metaphor, a designed structure. Was discussed in the context of various visual indicators produced by sociologists such as Foucault and Althusser.
BIOGRAPHY
Hamza Kırbaş / Art Director / Visual Artist. Graduated from Batman University Faculty of Fine Arts Painting Department. He continued his education at Silesia University Faculty of Fine Arts, Graphic Design Department in 2014/2015. He graduated master’s from Hacettepe University Fine Arts Institute. His artworks; especially in Turkey, were exhibited in many international exhibitions, festivals, and biennials in England, New York, Baja California, Colombia, Malta, Hungary, Brazil, Poland, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, China, Ecuador, Greece, and Italy. Also received awards on many international platforms.
