The Red Slide

Currently the artwork Red Slide can be seen in Manila, The Philippines, where it was brought for the Contemporary Art biennale Manila Biennale: Open City. The artwork was created in 2012 for Rauma Biennial Balticum, Finland under the theme of human nature, focusing on the essence of the human mind.

This urban intervention – a bright red slide with a fallen soldier constituting its base - has come to be one of the most prominent and eye-catching objects in the context of Manila Biennale and continues to attract a constant flux of people. Apart from intriguing the masses, the work is aimed at raising awareness about the past and confronting the tensions of today. The piece of art is surrounded by various historical interpretations that overlap and become juxtaposed.

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