Ferhat Kamil Satici
“new colossus” is a project by Ferhat Kamil Satici who has participated many international group exhibitions and symposiums in his country, has been writing a doctorate thesis based on “grafiti” and one of the organizers of video festival so-called videoist which will be realized in second time , in Istanbul in novenber 2007.
First step of the project so-called “graffiti with gravity” will be realized in Germany,Herford in KİOSK 24, between 28 July and 24 August 2007 by Ferhat Kamil Satici. This exhibition is presented by kurator and artist Susanne Albrecht.
İt can be said for “new colossus”which is personal archeology that transforms documents to monuments.
“graffiti with gravity”
Since art and artist searchs the key of temporary things, graffiti , creative language of street , becomes the focus point of contemporary art . However installing graffiti to the wall of art space means that it is disconnected with the context of street .Graffity is a sign that makes connection with the person who walk on the street and has a reality based on direct connection with this person. This reality can be documented through photography,yet,This photographes of graffiti as a document don’t differentiate from the photograpy of landscape and/or still life.
İf graffiti is thought as a three dimentional form, to design it with the permanent and traditional material transforms this modern city action to a permanent document or/and monument. This transformations of graffiti solves the problem of the installation of graffiti to the artspace. But This is not a graffiti anymore. Well, İs this a Graffiti Sculpture? İf The significant relationship between the graffiti and city wall and/or surface is recognized, the work of arts of new colossus can be named as the “ graffiti with gravity”. This is the war between the spray color, volatile and flying, and traditional material, weightness and permanent, such as the style wars on the street.


