Dirty Works Greece: Difference between revisions

====Date: [[:Category:1995 - 2005|1995 - 2005]] [[:Category:1995 - 2005|1995 - 2005]] [[:Category:1995 - 2005|1995 - 2005]]====

====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]] [[:Category:Europe|Europe]] [[:Category:Europe|{location3}]]====

====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====

====Medium: [[:Category:Electronic Media|Electronic Media]] [[:Category:Electronic Media|Electronic Media]] [[:Category:Electronic Media|Electronic Media]]====

'''Description of Artwork:''' According to Greek Mass Media, many important people in Greece --including politicians, judges, church and police officers, etc.-- are accused for corruption. Among other alegations, there are many denouncing them for getting paid to do "favours" and to provide several "services" to Greek citizens without following the legal procedures. Some of those favours refer to finding work in the civil service sector and transferring their children from one University to another (the last is illegal in Greece, except in special circumstances). For someone to find a job in Greece is very tricky, as "CV format" applications are not assessed as they should. Moreover, the huge availability of highly educated young Greeks (a major part of which are MSc and PhD holders) has caused job hunting to become very hard.    But here comes the traditional "Greek" solution, having its roots in the ages of Turkish domination, when masters did favors to good slaves. In a very similar way, VIPs in Greece (e.g. politicians who are in need of votes), or those who have money to pay, have many opportunities to acquire some benefits not accessible to ordinary mortals.    Dimitrios Fotiou is a sculptor who uses computers and the internet as a medium for his artwork; he has been participating in many online events and exhibitions. Following the practices of Tactical Media, he attempted to make a larger Greek audience more familiar whith net.art (since such projects are not so common in Greece). He has chosen a Greek topic and he used Greek language. He created a net.Art website of a virtual company offering all the illegal services mentioned above at moderate prices. The company also provided to its potential "customers" the ability to order its "services" online.    His aim was to satirize the political and social situation, as well as convey a critical comment to all Greeks who are desperately looking for a job in the public sector of Greece. The site's name is DWG | Dirty Works Greece and its address is < http://www.dirtyworks-greece.info/ >. The work was signed by the artist (bottom right corner there was a link to a disclaimer) and also there was a link pointing to his personal website < http://www.fotiou.net/ > where he was explaining the concept of his artwork, and providing other exambles of similar net.art projects. The site was advertised in mailing lists and, within a two months period, Greeks living all over the planet began to post its address and have fun with the site.  <P>

[[Category:1995 - 2005]]

[[Category:1995 - 2005]]

[[Category:1995 - 2005]]