
WIKISLAKITSCH is a Site-Specific intervention in various elements of single architectural space. the glass in windows profusely decorated with kitsch vinyl designs, whose ornamental patterns are based on the traditional forms of the Islamic culture; a type of see-through foil lately very popular in decorative trends in Egypt and other countries although it is usually made in Asian countries. A light box acting as an advertising billboard is placed at the center of the courtyard, presenting a text written in a singular Arabic calligraphy, which is the description given in wikipedia of “Islamic Art”.
The re-introduction of the word "Islamic Art" by contemporary Western curators and theorists was set against terms of "Islamic terrorism" and "Islamic fundamentalism" following 9/11 and the implicitly growing interest in the "Islamic world". This interest subsumes mainly the Middle East, disregarding pivotal continental and regional differentiations. It also shows, that standards and paradigms are defined in the West to encircle "another" – who would set a body of work from Europe in a frame of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, etc., if religion was not related to the contents of the piece? Living in close proximity to a mosque does not make a piece of work Islamic, neither makes the neighboring church a work a Christian one. The trap of the description "Islamic Art" lies in ignoring the fact, that there is a difference between religion and culture, society and individual.