Nitzan Satt

The installation “Predetermined Authenticity”  suggest a kind of fake campaign for the Turkish market in Haifa , through the use of signposting that includes false statements  and distorted architectural preservation action, the campaign aims to promote a suspicious point of view among the visitors of the site and to expose  the manipulative and political aspect of of preservation as an act of forming a public consciousness, memory and identity.

 

The changes taking place in the fabric of the Turkish Market express the hidden power embodied  in the  combination preservation -branding.  Two actions which are actually one well  synchronized  move designed to totally control the visual and social reality of the area.

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This move  contains deep manipulations, concealment, externalization, pasting, framing etc. in a softened, flattering manner which makes it difficult to question its credibility