Spirit of Boz

This interview of Majo, who coordinates the Boz team in Buenos Aires, in Argentina, has been posted on www.cronicasmoviles.com.ar with a text by Cecilia Santoro.

"Capturar las almas de la mayor cantidad de gente posible. Ese es el (original, ambicioso, utópico ¿tal vez?) objetivo de The Spirit of Boz, un proyecto dirigido por el artista plástico Julien Friedler.

Aunque esa no es la única característica llamativa de este trabajo, que abarca a varios países (Argentina, Estados Unidos, Ruanda, Francia) y que el creador apunta a que se vea finalizado en… ochenta años.

La cacería de almas se hace a través de cuestionarios que los grupos de trabajo – uno por cada tierra elegida – entregan a quien quiera participar, sin importar razas, credos, afinidades políticas o formación.

Las seis preguntas que deben responder los participantes son las que suelen desvelar a mucha gente: "

1) ¿Existe Dios?
2) ¿Cómo caracterizarías este período?
3) ¿Cómo ves el futuro?
4) ¿Sos feliz?
5) ¿Es la sexualidad importante?
6) ¿Quién soy?

La idea es inmortalizar los cuestionarios recolectados en todo el mundo guardándolos en cajas de metal, que serán trasladadas a – se estima – Italia, para instalarlas en un “Bosque de Almas”.
Pero excepto este primer paso, los cuestionarios, nadie sabe aún cómo continúa el proyecto, puro misterio ronda al Espíritu de Boz. (…)"

More details about the "Around The Boz" project and the questionnaire itself can be found here. The English translation of this text has been posted here.

Published in Art in America and Art Forum, April 2007.

Published in Art In America, February 2007

Published in the "Art in America" January 2007 issue.

The Night of Boz will take place at K-NAL (1, avenue du Port), in Brussels, on December 2nd. This special event will showcase the website www.spiritofboz.org, which captures the essence of Boz, Julien Friedler’s artistic and mythic universe, as well a DVD about the “Innocents”, his installation devoted to martyred children.

The Night of the Boz itself will be split in 2 distinctive parts. It will begin at 8 PM with a cocktail-vernissage, organized in collaboration with Sotheby’s Belgium; the guests will discover projections, sound installations and performances. At 11 PM, the party will continue  with a DJ-set featuring Matthew Herbert.

A writer, a psychoanalyst and a visual artist, Julien Friedler created the Boz as a “universe full of enchanters”, a singular experience of the divine, enhanced by a string of artworks. Interacting with each other, these works are also connected to a core book : “The Book of Boz”, an epic tale featuring 3 clowns : Jack Balance (artist’s double), Me and its Scribe.

Contact :

Gabrielle Bryers

Frederic Giet (webmaster www.spiritofboz.org)

Adress : K-NAL, avenue du Port 1, 1000 Bruxelles  -  www.k-nal.be

Organization : Raphaël de Gerlache for Belgian Off Art Zone (BOAZ), rue du Chimiste 58 1070 Bruxelles

This picture appeared in the latest issue of  "Art Forum" (October 2006).

It’s the first one.
The first review about the Spiritofboz website, by the french webmag "Kritiks", written by Sonia Bressler.
Lots more than a review, a true invitation to discovery…

"With Julien Friedler, the creator of"Spirit of Boz", a whole universe, builded on the sharing of ideas, we discover the reality of a dreamed world."

In turn, we invite you, if you can read French, to discover Kritks, a place crowded with writings and readings, full of emotions.