SKEE
February 2nd 2019 – February 16th 2019
Participating artists: Bora Akinciturk, Iain Ball
Narrative Projects
110 New Cavendish Street,
London W1W 6XR
United Kingdom
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| Skee, Installation View |
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| Nobody, 2019, UV print on customs rug and keychains, 119×84 cm |
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| Gab3, 2019, UV print on custom rug and keychains, 119×84 cm |
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| Nobody, 2019, detail |
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| Gab3, 2019, detail |
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| Skee, Installation view |
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| Skee, Installation, detail |
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| Alone, 2019, detail |
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| Skee, installation, detail |
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| Alone, 2019, UV print on custom rug and keychains, 119×84 cm |
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| Anti-Social, 2019, UV print on custom rugs and keychains, 119×84 cm |
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| Skee, Installation, detail |
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| Skee, Installation View |
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| Skee, 2019, HD Video, Duration: 06:47 |
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| Skee, Installation, detail |
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| Skee, Installation, detail |
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| Skee, Installation view |
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| Skee, Installation, detail |
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| Skee, Installation, detail |
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| Skee, Installation, detail |
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| Skee, 2019, HD Video Still |
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| Skee, Installation view |
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| Gab3, 2019, detail |
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| Anti-Social, 2019, detail |
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| Nobody, 2019, detail |
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| Skee, 2019, HD Video still |
Photo credits: Iain Ball and Mehmet Duran
Narrative projects is delighted to host SKEE, an exhibition by Bora Akinciturk and Iain Ball. This project, featuring works on show for the first time, is the launch of a new series of collaborations entitled, ER.
The exhibition takes its name from a Lil Xan Song of the same name, “[Chorus] skee, skee, skee, skee, skee, skee, skee, skee”. In their work, Akinciturk and Ball delve into the collectivised phenomenon of what can be loosely defined as Cloud Rap (also termed as Soundcloud Rap, Internet Rap, Sad Rap and Sad Trap Music). The artists look at the influence the genre has had on popular culture in recent years, which came into focus after the deaths of rappers XXXtentacion and Lil Peep and the incarceration of rapper 6ix9ine.
In SKEE, the artists are interested in the collective psyche of younger generations, and how their unique lived experience has the power to transform the way the world looks and feels. Working collaboratively, they have weaved together their own unique working processes, aesthetic interests and backgrounds combining their shared interest in fashion, internet culture and rap music.
