BOGOMIR DORINGER

Illegal Chair

[YEAR]

2004

[in collaboration with]

Mobile Studios from Berlin

[MATERIAL]

Appropriation, Vito Acconci Studio’s chairs, public art, posters, photography, video, surveillance camera documentarion archive

1.1 INTRODUCTION

Bogomir Doringer as Serbian immigrant first of all and then art student in the Netherlands, (mis)used the opportunity while working in the Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum to collect (preserve?) thrown chairs designed by Studio Acconci for retrospective exhibition of Vito Acconci’s work, which ended in January 2006. Chairs were taken from a container belonging to the Museum with the intention to restore them and present in The Mobile Studios in Belgrade, Serbia.

1.2 RESIDENT CARD

Stedelijk Museum's container, Amsterdam 2006

Acconci Studio chairs in the container

1.3 MEDIA CAMPAIGN

As the purpose of The Mobile Studios is to communicate with mainstream population at large, the next phase of this artwork was to introduce it to the public through a variety of mostly fabricated articles in gossip magazines which degraded the image of the young artist. A week leading to the all-day presentation at the main square in Belgrade, Doringer has put posters all around the city centre making it appear like arrest warrants for both the chairs and himself. The citizens were invited to contact the artist if they happen to have any information on the “stolen” artwork, or the artist.

1.3 APPROPRIATION AND VOTING

On the 13th of April 2006 in one of the units of the Mobile Studios (LIVE Studio) the artist installed the photo studio with redesigned chairs on display and a voting box. The people passing by were invited to enter the studio, take a snap-shot while sitting in the “incriminated” chair and vote on the legality of the artwork. The celebrities involved with issues on legality/illegality (journalists, pop-stars, NGO people, actors, government representatives etc.) disrespectful of their ideological background, were also invited to give their vote.

The voting results and portraits of the participants are the final result of this project. Through this project, Doringer raised questions on the issue of value, success, brand, identity, gossip, pop-culture, advertisment, local mentality, heroes/anti-heroes…

1.5 PORTRAITS IN THE CHAIR

Admir Veljovic

Aleksandar Acimovic

Aleksandar Macasev

Aleksandra Borisavljevic

Aleksandra Lazarovski

Aleksandra Versovskaja

Amet Huseonovski

Ana Kovacevic

Ana Rajcic

Andrej Korica

Andrej Radojkovic

Anica Vucetic

Arthur Kibbelaar

Ashok Murty

Bogomir Doringer

Bogomir Doringer and Jasmina Sanader

Bojan Jovanovic

Bojan Kanackovic

Bojan I

Milan Calic

Marko Miletic

Marko Grihovic

Mario Bjelanovic

Marina Lepicic

Marina Dimitrijevic

Marija Vuletov

Marija Sarac

Marija Rados

Marija Popovic

Marija Petrovski

Dusan Zlokolica

Ilija Milosevic

Ivana Matejic

Ivana Lazarovski

Ivana Dusanovic

Ivan V

Ivan Pavlov

Ivan Kocevic

Ivan Grubanov

Ivan Cvetkovic

Iva Markovic

Irena Ilic

Dusan Saponja

Dusan Petrovic

Milan Calic

Marko Miletic

Marko Grihovic

Mario Bjelanovic

Marina Lepicic

Marija Vuletov

Marina Dimitrijevic

Marija Sarac

Marija Rados

Marija Popovic

Marija Petrovski

Marija Kesic

Maja Brakocevic

Ijiljana Krcmar

Lea Jankovic Krajne

Lazar Calic, Kristina Calic and Slavica Doringer

Lazar Calic

Larisa Zindovic

Knezevic Teodora

Tijana Todorovic

Tijana Stevanovic

Tanja Tomasevic

Svetlana Calic

Suzana Zlatanovic

Suzana Janjic Dunic

Susa Pop

Stevan Djukic

Stefana Savic

Stefan Sepic

Slavoljub Stankovic

Slavica Doringer

Sasa Stepanovic

Sasa Numic

Sasa Janjic

Sara Cileg

Radovan Novakov

Sandra Perovic

Pedja Nikic

Panta Jovanovic

Ognjen Katanovic

Nikola Vukotic

Nikola Kovacevic and Ivana Bozovic

Nikola Knezevic

Nenad Gavrilovic and Pedja Nikic

Nenad Gavrilovic

Nemanja Zivanovic

Neda Stancic

Nebojsa Perisic

Natasa Stankovic

Natasa Milutinovic

Miroslav Karic

Miroslav Jankovic

Mirjana Sindolic

Mina Sanader

Milos Vujisic

Milos Panic

Milos and Mila Antic

Miljan Spasic

Milica Mitic

Zorana Djakovic

Zoran Vladusic

Zoran Mladenovic

Vladimir Tupanjac

Vladimir Stankovic

Vladimir Dimoski

Viktor Sekularac

Veljko Drecun

Vanja Tomasevic

Unknown

Una Bujas

Ulli Lindenmann

Katarina Vlasak

Katarina Simic

Jovana Stokanic

Jovana Bursac

Jenny Warmond

Jelena Vujic

Jelena Vujanovic

Jelena Sukovic

Jelena Smircic

Jelena Rasic

Jelena Pantic

Jelena Mutaovic, Aleksandar Macasev and Vladimir Tupanjac

Jelena Markovic

Jelena Ilic

Jelena Djurovic

Jelena Celebic

Jelena Brankovic

Janko Petrovic

Ivana Stanojev

Ivana Plavsic

Dunja Cordas

Dubravka Sekulic

Dragana Milenkovic

Dragana Cosic

Dragan Stanic

Dimitrije Miletic

Darjan Atonijevic

Dariva

Danko Runic

Danijela Gasparac

Danijel Mijatovic

Cedomir Calic

Branka Zgonjanin

Branka Mitic