…for a friend

…for fame

Our first event with the lion in Tampiquito was a total blast.
Its aim was to mark the start in the organization of the Tampiquito Fair. Several days of rain and lots of movement of the people of Tampiquito were the ingredients of this beautiful event. Everybody wanted to help. The interaction between the government of Tampiquito and the townsfolk for the organization of the party took place in total harmony. We had a graffiti expo by local artists, most of them teenagers. Little kids made what they wanted with the lion. This is the fist pic we received. We’ll keep in touch. As soon as we get more photos we will give more details.

At the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao . A lion and deconstructivist architecture defying space. Out of context experiences taught by Frank Gehry.

In spite of its oddity, an object such as the lion does not demand to take center stage. It comes to serve as an auxiliary axis around which I perceive my environment. It draws my attention on where I am. Istanbul, in the afternoon. Kids in their swimming suits on the sea promenade. Their shouts while jumping into the water. The noise of cars driving by. I think of the lion as a compass. An object inscribing a circle wherever I place it, measuring the space surrounding it and serving my navigation purposes while on the road. Incorporating the lion into a photographic frame is equivalent to converting it into a gravitation point for the landscape itself. It sets an accent for me: on what I see, on what the people around me do. And this accent is on the here and now. Friday around 4pm on the shore of the Bosporus.

At the entrance of the Sakıp Sabancı Museum , Istanbul. Traveling with the lion may cause inconveniences sometimes, but there are certainly solutions to be found.