Flattened History
A conversation with Cyprien Gaillard

04/10/08  Payam Sharifi (Slavs and Tatars)

Cyprien Gaillard and Payam Sharifi (a member of the art collective Slavs and Tatars) met each other in 2002 in Paris and have been friends ever since. They have also done a few projects together. Whereas Gaillard's work is intuitive and romantic, the work of Slavs and Tatars is more intellectual end discursive. Nonetheless they share a similar passion for themes such as 'the state' and 'power' and how these are manifested through architecture, monuments and history.

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