Hornsleth Homeless Tracker London
About Hornsleth Homeless Tracker London
London will witness the unveiling of The Hornsleth Homeless Tracker ( #HHT)! Buy a homeless!
Hornsleth Homeless Tracker London Description
‘The Hornsleth Homeless Tracker’ (HHT), is the new major conceptual artwork, two years in the making, by Danish provocateur Kristian von Hornsleth.
The HHT is an ethical boundary smashing work, which fuses homelessness, privacy invasion, inequality and reality TV, with present day cultural decadence and interactive conceptual art.
The HHT follows Hornsleth as he buys homeless people from the streets of London and sells them as art works to private collectors.
Each homeless, has been fitted with a tracking device allowing their owner to follow them 24-7 via a private app, effectively converting the homeless into a real-life Pokémon Go or human Tamagotchi. The owners will receive a real gold portrait of their homeless.
The public will also be able follow the struggles of their favorite homeless characters through YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tinder.
HHT is the long-awaited follow-up to Hornsleth’s 2006 controversial conceptual art piece, ‘The Hornsleth Village Project’, in which Hornsleth made a hundred impoverished Ugandan villagers legally change their names to ‘Hornsleth’ in exchange for livestock animals.
‘The Hornsleth Village Project’ manically celebrated the evils of marketing, advertising, branding and western aid policy, while cementing Hornsleth as an ethical boundary burner.
HHT treads familiar ground by cynically celebrating the absurdity, inequality, superficiality and decadence of contemporary culture.
HHT is a manic celebration of the absurdity of our culture, drawing inspiration from diverse subjects such as The Kardashians, Pokémon Go, branding, and the NSA, creating an interactive cultural melting pot, in which all areas of society can pour in to and interact with.
As Hornsleth puts it: “The art reveals the society; the public may show great compassion, or merely prove, we only want to watch not interact. Or maybe, it shows that some people just need a Tramp-agotchi. ”
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Thanks guys, for making the memorial day for Steven so special!
New text about The HHT Homeless Art Project by Art Historian Jonas Bergstrom: “Art that repels us or makes us think again”
The eyes are directed insistently, confidently, almost demonically at me. The hair is set up in a large bun, but with tufts of hair on both sides of the head, looking almost like electrically charged nerve fibers.
The facial expression is controlled and calm, as if homeless person is the one with the power. I look at him and he looks back at me.
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Homeless No.8 Andy of the HHT Hornsleth Homeless Tracker Art project, - today we are celebrating Andy’s 51st birthday on the street with his fellow homeless and our project crew. Andy told us that he has not had anyone giving him a birthday cake since he was a kid! The HHT now been running for 18 months and we will soon present a full exhibition and an a film documenting this amazing interaction with our 110 London homeless participants!
R.I.P STEVEN Very sad that Steven (Homeless No.5) sadly passed away last week. Although he wasn’t a member of the project for long, the project enabled his family to re-connect with him. Deepest condolences to his family and friends. R.I.P Geordie.
Hanging with our wonderful London HHT Homeless No.4 Kevin! Say something about this... the funniest remarks will be rewarded with a Hornsleth Homeless Tracker Poster!! www.buyahomeless.com
The Big Issue article "The Homeless Tracker: Art, outrage and empathy" now online
https://www.bigissue.com/…/homeless-tra cker-art-outrage-em…/
The Big Issue article out now. The HHT project 6 months on. Stay tuned, more to come.
Deal is Deal! Payday for 10 Golden Homeless last month, £2k each. Homeless No.9 Richie, cashing his revenue for being a great investment object.
Buy your own homeless and make them happy.
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100 New Homeless people for sale...The story so far! #hornslethhomelesstracker #kristianvonhornsleth #artivism #Londonhomeless #homeless #whatthefuckisgoingon #buyahomeless www.buyahomeless.com
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BREAKING NEWS !!! EXPANSION !!! 100 New Silver Homeless for sale
https://www.youtube.com/embed/66rPQuClUOQ "
Waking up HOMELESS No. 06, Jose! Time to get up for work! Let's get you out there and start selling your story. Sun is shining, the sky is blue, welcome freedom, goodbye loneliness!