Exhibition
Philoktet-Project: Lemnos in Berlin
An urban intervention by Emilio García Wehbi
Emilio García Wehbi © Carlos Furman
The name of this unusual project comes from the story of Philoktetes who was stranded on the island of Lemnos on account of a festering, foul-smelling wound. For Emilio García Wehbi, Lemnos stands as a symbol for the anonymous inner zones of today’s major cities. His “urban intervention” consists of two phases. In an action on a given day, twenty-five hyperrealistic figures will be placed on various squares and streets around a given city. The intervention will be documented and all the resulting information shown in an exhibition in the garden of the Festspielhaus.
With the collaboration of
Maricel Alvarez, Norberto Laino and Julieta María Potenze
and participants of a workshop in Berlin
Co-production Emilio García Wehbi, Buenos Aires and spielzeiteuropa | Berliner Festspiele
This project took place 2002 at the Wiener Festwochen (Vienna) and at Buenos Aires.
With friendly support of the Berlin artist programme of the DAAD