It's a small world, Simon Fujiwara’s project for the Istanbul Bienali, began after he discovered a large quantity of semi-ruined figures of pop icons in the trash of an attractions manufacturer near Istanbul. He salvaged these figures and combined them with 13 architectural miniatures. In these sculptural works, the functions of everyday civic architecture are blended with symbols from the mass-entertainment world. His miniature city draws attention to the ways in which fantasy and escapism have bled into the core structures of our everyday lives, often masking the brutal pragmatism of global capitalism.
I like those last words, we see revolution in the making. Or just a lot of baloney.