{"id":684,"date":"2016-06-17T11:13:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T11:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/?p=684"},"modified":"2016-06-17T11:17:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T11:17:11","slug":"entropa-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/entropa-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Entropa&#8217; in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Entropa: Czech artist David Cerny speaks out\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HXzEMAEKT8k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Just over 7 years ago I left the UK to explore Europe, chasing as much international culture, particularly artwork, as I could. Choosing to encompass visits to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/viennacontemporary\/?pnref=story\">Vienna Contemporary<\/a> Art fair and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amsterdamartfair\/\">Amsterdam Art Fair<\/a> between other countries because &#8211; hay, they sounded like exciting ways to discover art from around the world. I was rather naive to the commercial premise of such events, as a 19year old developing artist and not a potential collector- I\u2019m not the primary target audience art fairs are aimed at; yet still delighted to experience this most wonderful outcome. However I did come away with the opportunity to work in the bullseye of Europe at \u2018Volta 6&#8242; art fair in Basel. Thrilled to experience this culmination of so many nationalities, ideas and expressions, that was invigorating, insightful and positive. As I am currently enjoying many discussions about international relations whilst working at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1781855188713148\/?ref=22&#038;action_history=null&#038;source=22\">VOLTA12, June 13 \u2013 18, 2016<\/a>; It draws me to reflect on my first significant discovery at an art fair back in 09; fittingly the artwork \u2018Entropa\u2019 by Czech artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/David-Cern\u00fd\/112509688763306\">David Cern\u00fd<\/a>, (needless to say I did\u2019t buy it but I did buy into it) subtitled &#8220;Stereotypes are barriers to be demolished\u201d &#8211; this work could not resonate more now.<br \/>\nThe work \u2018Entropa&#8217; was made to comment on the European Union, proposed as a collaborative project with an artist from each country, this was ultimately a hoax as a reflection on such collaboration&#8230; and played out as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Oor7fAmmiQ\">Monty Python style artwork<\/a>. As much as the title plays on EU\/Entropy from one angle, it can also promote a view of \u2018A Europe Without Barriers\u2019. Heartened by the ability of artwork\/world to spread and facilitate conversations and such expressions, ideas and emotions, check it out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(I\u2019ll return to Glasgow, UK, Europe 23rd June &#8211; to vote #Remain)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just over 7 years ago I left the UK to explore Europe, chasing as much international culture, particularly artwork, as I could. Choosing to encompass visits to Vienna Contemporary Art fair and Amsterdam Art Fair between other countries because &#8211; hay, they sounded like exciting ways to discover art from around the world. I was&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/entropa-in-2016\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&#8216;Entropa&#8217; in 2016&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":690,"href":"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions\/690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danshay.co.uk\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}