Flag of Compassion 2002 - present
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Flag of Compassion is a conceptual work of art that functions both within the field of the arts and in society as a whole. The work consists of the word 'compassion', an instrument 'a flag', the Unda Foundation and a distribution network, including a website.
Through the work, it is explored how the idea of compassion operates in our society. This work contains an important paradox: a flag, a tool used to distinguish oneself from others, and the notion of compassion, the capacity to feel a deep sense of equality. This tension between differentiation and equality that seems irreconcilable is the conceptual core of the artwork.
The Flag of Compassion is a means to express the human feeling of compassion independent of politics, legal causes, religion, race and gender.
The Unda Foundation is managing the Flag and selling it via the website www.flagofcompassion.com
On March 22 in 2003, a try-out with the Flag takes place during the demonstration in Amsterdam against the Iraq war.
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