FLAG METAMORPHOSES

2005 - 2008. A participatory art project - a continuously growing series of animations with many authors.

Concept and project realisation: Myriam Thyes

With animations by the following artists (so far):

Norbert Attard (MT), Stacy Averill (US), Babel / Chris Joseph (CA), Peter Chanthanakone (CA), Christoph Frei (CH), Tomoaki Goto (US), Rona Innes (GB), Anke Landschreiber (DE), Jorge Lara + Israel R. Tello (MX), Sonya Mansour (US), Deanna Morse and her animation class (US), Monika Oechsler (GB), Ajdin Pajevic (DE/BiH), Irena Paskali (MK), Max Pohlenz (DE), Joanna Priestley (US), Natalieann Rich (US), Barry L. Roshto (DE/US), Amir Scheulen + Frank Koehnen (DE), Alex Schneider (US), Nicola Tauscher (DE/KR), Myriam Thyes (DE/CH), Slobodan Tomic (HR).

http://www.flag-metamorphoses.net

Between each two flags, scenes appear that show an aspect of the relations between the two countries. This series of animations is an exploration into the meaning of imagery on flags, aiming to create interrelated associations through questioning, reassessing, fluidizing and re-mixing of diverse national iconography. Flag Metamorphoses lays stress on the relations between nations and identities as changing ones: Only in the permanent re-creation of values, symbols and ways of life, in mixing with others and differing from others, cultures and societies stay alive. Each artist who creates a flag animation expresses such a relation in his/her own way.