(A suggestion of nightmare for G. W. Bush)

A neo-fluxus art interference 9.1.2007 - 15.1.2007

Transformed and re-edited anonymous mobil phone records of Saddam Hussein's execution

"Akçura is an artist who doesn't keep his views to himself. The execution of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's affected him deeply and he aroused a bit of international interest when he changed the face of the overthrown Iraqi leader lying in the morgue with that of U.S. President George W. Bush. He posted the video on Youtube.

Two experimental videos titled 'Mr. President let me challenge you to face his,' which show Bush in a provocative way during the execution process of Saddam made it to the most watched videos section of the 'Arts and Animations' category rapidly in January. But not for long.

The videos were taken off the Web site with claims that the video embraced violence. Akçura said: 'It was said that my video included violence. It was virtual, yet the real execution images were displayed to billions of people on TVs everyday hundreds of times.' The artist says that he sent the video to the White House as part of his virtual campaign for justice.

After Youtube blocked his work, the artist posted the video on Google Video. He mentions that they also blocked it after a short period and his reaction is 'My search for justice got stuck in virtual censor.'

Akçura's censored video has been shown at the New York Scope Art Fair 2007."

(Turkish Daily News; Vercihan Ziflioğlu; İstanbul; Wednesday, June 20, 2007)