Action description

A car blocked the path for the pedestrian Hooman Sharifi. A kidnapper forced Mr. Sharifi to enter the car. He was kidnapped in front of the Slovene National Television (TVS) central surveillance camera which was at the time broadcasting live at Channel 2 of TVS. During the next half hour the same action of kidnapping Mr. Sharifi was repeated several times at the exact same spot. Action was all the time broadcasted live on the internet.

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Looping Hooman Sharifi




multiple kidnapping in front of live National TV camera


Location: Tavčarjeva St. - Miklošičeva St. - Dalmatinova St., Ljubljana
Time: August 11th 2004, from 1:30 AM to 2:01 AM

















 Presentation formats

- single-channel video: 2'41''

- single-channel video: 6'' (TV)

- multi-channel video installation

- lecture/presentation

# high-resolution photo
    # Car CAM

  
   GPRS Wireless CAM
    # Street CAM

  
   GPRS Wireless CAM
    # National TV Live Broadcast

  
   TVS CAM

AUDIO: order or disorder depends on organization and direction -- the multitude does not comprehend this -- maneuvering for advantageous position -- doctrine -- control of the moral factor -- control of the mental factor -- favorable and unfavorable factors -- execute the planes -- there is no place where espionage is not possible (Sun Tzu: The Art of War)
 Video Clip 2'41''


lhs.wmv, 4.9 MB, 2'41''

 Video Clip 6''


lhs_ad.mpg, 1.2 MB, 6''

 Credits

author:
SilentCell Network

proposed by
Janez Janša

kidnapper:
Mare Bulc

kidnappee:
Hooman Sharifi

chauffeur:
Bojana Kunst

live internet broadcast:
Janez Janša, Marcela Okretič, Igor Stromajer

video clip 2'41'' composed by
Igor Stromajer, Janez Janša

video clip 6'' composed by
Janez Janša


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