Bij greylight hangen 2 nieuwe vlaggen. De vlaggen zijn deel van What the Flag!? 2025
Een van de vlaggen is van Cristiana Cott Negoescu, getititeld; Condition: Elsewhere.
This flag by Cristiana Cott Negoescu reimagines the iconography of sovereignty, fortune, and shared codes of value. At its center is a blindfolded Fortuna—Roman goddess of fate—framed within a shield. Traditionally tied to power, defence, and national identity, such heraldic forms are here repurposed, not as declarations of territory, but as vessels for a symbolic “code of honour.” Rather than asserting dominance, the composition evokes the protection of principle, dignity, and shared belief.
The background—a macro photograph of melting cotton candy—transforms into a swirling cosmic field, a galaxy of sugar dissolving into space. This delicate, ephemeral substance once used to lure, distract, or reward becomes a soft metaphor for the structures that shape collective desire: nations, economies, promises. The tension between the sweetness of illusion and the weight of heraldry encapsulates the fragility of belief systems, political, emotional, and mythic, that bind and divide us.
De andere vlag is van Alicia Kremser.
A fleeting moment in time is captured through the process of cyanotype printing on fabric. For her contribution to What the Flag?!, Alicia Kremser is developing a flag using cyanotype, a light-sensitive technique in which the image forms only at the site of installation. The flag is installed in darkness and becomes visible through exposure to sunlight. Rain or morning dew naturally fixes the image, with no further processing needed.
This approach turns the flag into a direct imprint of time, light, and weather conditions at the location where it is displayed. Kremser previously experimented with this technique on a beach, where sun and strong wind produced an evenly blue flag, while a test piece created on a calm day revealed a more dynamic pattern.
Alicia kwam langs bij Greylight om de vlag te laten ontstaan op locatie.
