MICHAEL PENDRY

HMI-Flood Lights, LED Spots, 15m Red Carpet , 8 Light Barriers                       
’....everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.’  Andy Warhol.

15 meters of red carpet, plenty of spotlight and a dazzling sound of paparazzi screaming, flashlights exploding and cameras clicking – all following the visitors along the installation RED CARPET.

Yet, the visitor is all by him/herself.

The phenomenon of superficial glamour, of a staged world that prevails the media and thus the world is turned upside down and becomes a persiflage of itself in this urban art project.

For that his feet do not need to touch the ground, Klytaimnestra layed out a purple carpet for her consort. But Agamemnon, King of Mykene, refuses to set a foot on it: The colour purple is meant to be for the gods and he does not want to offend them. He should have better been afraid of the earthly rage. As already planned long beforehand his wife murdered him the same night.

This tale of the greek mythology counts as the earliest reference to a „ Red Carpet“.