Polizei/Police, Landespolizeikommando Salzburg, Salzburg 2008

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The photography made at the Landespolizeikommando Salzburg where action with Austrian policeman took place. Exploring the new developments in contemporary photography artist went to the Landespolizeikommando Police station in Salzburg and made interaction with policeman. The action took place inside of Police station, which is by itself breaking of rules, since inside of public institutions, police stations and banks, in Austria is not allowed taking of pictures.
The other ideas of the work deals with displacement and migration, the circulation of signs and systems, the redefinition of public and private realms, transformation of the role of government worker as policeman, inversing the function of policeman considering power relation.
The photography was installed in Nancy Davenport class “Emerging form of image”, International Summer Art Academy Salzurg, Austria 2008.

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