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Akɛ yaaa heko || One does not take it anywhere; a collaboration with Elisabeth Efua Sutherland

 

Catherine my Captain; a collaboration with Megan Broadmeadow  & Emily Watkins

 

Sleeping Pill Action II; (portraits), Venice, a collaboration with Jan Fabre

 

Passing Through: radical acts of empathy; a collaboration with  Va-Bene Elikem Kofi Fiatsi (aka crazinisT artisT)

 

As I Walked Out

 

Prayer

 

A Troll's Breakfast; A collaboration with Paul Avis

 

All Trolled Out; a collaboration with Egill Sæbjörnsson

 

Bowers & Bower Audio Visual Systems; a collaboration with Richard Bowers

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Easy Asylum Booth, ‘Bundu Edition’, (presented by the Botrovian Ministry of Immigration trading as SooS® (Skin of our Skin)); Supercharger – blown collective;  (in collaboration with Nástio Mosquito); 2022,

 

Salvation is at Hand, Easy Asylum Booth, ‘Bundu Edition’, (presented by the Botrovian Ministry of Immigration trading as SooS® (Skin of our Skin)); 3D model rendering; size variable; Supercharger – blown collective;  (in collaboration with Nástio Mosquito); 2021

Easy Asylum Booth, ‘Bundu Edition’, (presented by the Botrovian Ministry of Immigration trading as SooS® (Skin of our Skin)); Supercharger – blown collective;  (in collaboration with Nástio Mosquito); 2022,

 

Triple-Shuttle Robotic Tattoo Gun Suspension Support System PROTOTYPE 739,5y, (T-SRTGSSSP739,5y ) Health and Safety Poster; Easy Asylum Booth, ‘Bundu Edition’, (presented by the Botrovian Ministry of Immigration trading as SooS® (Skin of our Skin)); Supercharger – blown collective;  (in collaboration with Nástio Mosquito); 2021

Botrovian Seeker magazine cover; Easy Asylum Booth, ‘Bundu Edition’, (presented by the Botrovian Ministry of Immigration trading as SooS® (Skin of our Skin)); Supercharger – blown collective;  (in collaboration with Nástio Mosquito); 2021

‘Help is on its Way’, The Triple Shuttle Robotic Tattoo Gun Suspension Support System PROTOTYPE 739.5y, (TSRTGSSSP739.5y) Re-Envisioned as an Airship Emerging from the Fog; Easy Asylum Booth, ‘Bundu Edition’, (presented by the Botrovian Ministry of Immigration trading as SooS® (Skin of our Skin));  Supercharger – blown collective;  (in collaboration with Nástio Mosquito); 2021 ; with much thanks to and respect for the Master:Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Triple-Shuttle Robotic Tattoo Gun Suspension Support System PROTOTYPE 739.5y, (T-SRTGSSSP739.5y) Side Aspect; (semi-prolapsed, fully prolapsed and unprolapsed views); Supercharger – blown collective;  (in collaboration with Nástio Mosquito); 2021

Supercharger Aphorism 551; from The Wisdom of Supercharger,; Supercharger – blown collective; 2022

AOMAME.SPACE, 'Doing Time', still image from constructed 3D virtual environment, Ric Bower and Rhiannon Lowe, 2022

AOMAME.SPACE, 'Doing Time', still image from constructed 3D virtual environment, Ric Bower and Rhiannon Lowe, 2022

AOMAME.SPACE, 'Doing Time', still image from constructed 3D virtual environment, Ric Bower and Rhiannon Lowe, 2022

Supercharger Aphorism 753B; from The Wisdom of Supercharger; Supercharger – blown collective; 2022

Video still; Influence, 2021, HD Video, 11’30”;  a Nástio Mosquito Recipe by Supercharger – blown collective & Nástio Mosquito for TTTAW

Video still; Influence, 2021, HD Video, 11’30”;  a Nástio Mosquito Recipe by Supercharger – blown collective & Nástio Mosquito for TTTAW

Video still; Influence, 2021, HD Video, 11’30”;  a Nástio Mosquito Recipe by Supercharger – blown collective & Nástio Mosquito for TTTAW

Video still; Influence, 2021, HD Video, 11’30”;  a Nástio Mosquito Recipe by Supercharger – blown collective & Nástio Mosquito for TTTAW

Video still; Influence, 2021, HD Video, 11’30”;  a Nástio Mosquito Recipe by Supercharger – blown collective & Nástio Mosquito for TTTAW

Supercharger Aphorism 819; from The Wisdom of Supercharger; Supercharger – blown collective; 2022

Supercharger Aphorism 819; from The Wisdom of Supercharger; Supercharger – blown collective; 2022

Skin of our Skin (you are my sugar-paper) ‘Easy Asylum’ Booth); dIgitally generated installation  featuring digital prints on side and back walls with Preliminary Interview Table; Supercharger – blown collective;  (in collaboration with Nástio Mosquito); 2021

Reverse-Panopticon, Special Anniversary Edition (RPSAE) Fagot-Analytics (FA), Propaganda/Communications Drone Poster Deployment Package PCDDP10.7b ‘Apostatizer’, Unhumanned Flying Machine (UFM) shown both in Deployed Condition (DC) and Pre-Deployed Condition (PDC) The Reverse-Panopticon, Press image, Supercharger – blown collective,  Nástio Mosquito & Kelly Schacht, 2019, courtesy ArcadeCampfa, photo: Amber Bower

Reverse-Panopticon Security Mark (RPSM)  tattooed on model's heel,  polaroid photograph, The Reverse-Panopticon Drawing Class, © Supercharger – blown collective,  Nástio Mosquito & Kelly Schacht, 2019, courtesy ArcadeCampfa

Tactic δASPM1b Enlightenment  Hood, screen view of the Reverse-Panopticon Drawing Class, (detail). The Reverse-Panopticon, © Supercharger – blown collective,  Nástio Mosquito & Kelly Schacht, 2019, courtesy ArcadeCampfa

'I am proud to be featured in the UK's premiere biweekly political journal' Fagot Koroviev 2019, The Reverse-Panopticon, © Supercharger – blown collective,  Nástio Mosquito & Kelly Schacht, 2019, courtesy ArcadeCampfa, high resolution scan of web press sheet taken from Private Eye magazine, August 2019

The Reverse-Panopticon Drawing Class, featuring the Tactic δASPM1b Enlightenment  Hood, Fagot Koroviev ,members of the Botrovian Presidential Guard and The Leader's Digitally Harvested Underwear Befoulment Mark (UBM),, installation view, ArcadeCampfa, various media and variable size, The Reverse-Panopticon, ©Supercharger – blown collective,  Nástio Mosquito & Kelly Schacht, 2019, courtesy ArcadeCampfa

Trust Fagot: Fagot Koroviev, the Security Minister of the Nation State of Botrovia, (student number 529501) has achieved 90% at the OSHAcademy Professional Certificate Program 607 Tattoo and Body Art Safety. His training conformed with ANSI Z490.1 and ISO 45001 guidelines for safety. You will be pleased to hear the training also qualifies for Continuance of Certification (COC) toward professional recertification. Fagot received his qualification personally from Steven J. Geigle. MA, CET, CSHM-E.  Reverse-Panopticon, Supercharger – blown collective,  Nástio Mosquito & Kelly Schacht, 2019, courtesy ArcadeCampfa ArcadeCampfa, 2019, Fagot’s coat by Tom Clulee

Members of the Botrovian Presidential Guard (pre-deployment: from the left: Arash, Alireze, Reza, Yasi, Peiman,Johanna, Khawaja), installation view, ArcadeCampfa, 018  The Reverse-Panopticon, © Supercharger – blown collective,  Nástio Mosquito & Kelly Schacht, 2019, courtesy ArcadeCampfa

Reverse-Panopticon, Special Anniversary Edition (RPSAE) Fagot-Analytics (FA), Propaganda/Communications Drone Poster Deployment Package PCDDP10.7b ‘Apostatizer’, Unhumanned Flying Machine (UFM), shown in Deployed Condition (DC), installation view, ArcadeCampfa, digitally printed poster, The Reverse-Panopticon, ©Supercharger – blown collective,  Nástio Mosquito & Kelly Schacht, 2019, courtesy ArcadeCampfa

Supercharger Aphorism 227; from The Wisdom of Supercharger; Supercharger – blown collective; 2022

A.L. Moore is approached by students enthusiastic to meet him at SKI / Secundair Kunstinstituut, Gent

Copyright: National Photo Library of Botrovia, as part of  Another Leader / Transitory Suppository: Act #I Security Research,  (detail), Nástio Mosquito,  Supercharger-blown collective, CCQ  and Another Africa, commissioned by Emdash foundation, 2016, offset litho print on 90gsm coated paper,  62 cm x 82cm, 3000 copies

 

A.L. Moore is approached by students enthusiastic to meet him at SKI / Secundair Kunstinstituut, Gent

Copyright: National Photo Library of Botrovia, as part of  Another Leader / Transitory Suppository: Act #I Security Research,  (detail), Nástio Mosquito,  Supercharger-blown collective, CCQ  and Another Africa, commissioned by Emdash foundation, 2016, offset litho print on 90gsm coated paper,  62 cm x 82cm, 3000 copies

 

A.L. Moore, demonstrates Threat Position 7 (TP7) to a group of art students in Ghent; wrapped in a 160cm x 140cm ArmorRex 12kg (±1kg) Bomb Blanket (BB), with the additional human shield, he is, according to Ric Bower Koroviev , provided with Ve50-500 m/s protection against fragments (17 grains or 1.1 gm as per STANG 2920), as part of  Another Leader / Transitory Suppository: Act #I Security Research, Nástio Mosquito, Supercharger-blown collective, CCQ  and Another Africa, commissioned by Emdash foundation, 2016, offset litho print on 90gsm coated paper,  62 cm x 82cm, 3000 copies

Supercharger Aphorism 611F; from The Wisdom of Supercharger; Supercharger – blown collective; 2022

130km, from the series:  As I Walked Out,  Ric Bower, pigment print, dimensions variable,  2006

funded by Arts Council Wales2

Six Inches, from the series:  As I Walked Out,  Ric Bower, pigment print, dimensions variable,  2006

funded by Arts Council Wales4

Supercharger Aphorism 119J; from The Wisdom of Supercharger; Supercharger – blown collective; 2022

The Shype of Foles (of the Worlde)® , Poster, Kelly Schacht and Ric Bower, Double A0 Poster

The Shype of Foles (of the Worlde)® , (production still), Kelly Schacht and Ric Bower, performance (±4 hours), film (4m 45s), 2017, car, printed matter, loud speaker system and volunteers

Supercharger Aphorism 43D; from The Wisdom of Supercharger; Supercharger – blown collective; 2022

A Troll’s Breakfast, (details), Paul Avis & Ric Bower commissioned by CCQ in 2017 in response to Out of Controll, Egill Sæbjörnsson’s 2017 presentation for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale; 110cm x 138cm, pigment print behind plexiglass, edition of five

A Troll’s Breakfast, (details), Paul Avis & Ric Bower commissioned by CCQ in 2017 in response to Out of Controll, Egill Sæbjörnsson’s 2017 presentation for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale; 110cm x 138cm, pigment print behind plexiglass, edition of five

A Troll’s Breakfast, (details), Paul Avis & Ric Bower commissioned by CCQ in 2017 in response to Out of Controll, Egill Sæbjörnsson’s 2017 presentation for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale; 110cm x 138cm, pigment print behind plexiglass, edition of five

Evil Teddy, preparatory Study, Ric Bower, red chalk on paper

Supercharger Aphorism 223; from The Wisdom of Supercharger; Supercharger – blown collective; 2022

from series: Sleeping Pill Action II, Venice, (detail), Jan Fabre and Ric Bower, 13.5.2017, Salute, Venice, duration ±1 hour, pigment print, size variable, published in CCQ magazine, 2017 2

Catherine my Captain (detail), Megan Broadmeadow , Emily Watkins, Ric Bower; and CCQ magazine;

Fashion Director Danielle Rees; session hair stylist Dom Capel; Central St Martin's fashion design students (Belinda Gredig, Salome Kappelin and Scarlet Yang); and students and staff from Carmarthen School of Art.

published in CCQ magazine

Catherine my Captain (detail), Megan Broadmeadow , Emily Watkins, Ric Bower; and CCQ magazine;

Fashion Director Danielle Rees; session hair stylist Dom Capel; Central St Martin's fashion design students (Belinda Gredig, Salome Kappelin and Scarlet Yang); and students and staff from Carmarthen School of Art.

published in CCQ magazine

Supercharger Aphorism 611F; from The Wisdom of Supercharger; Supercharger – blown collective; 2022

Three Generations  (detail), from the series Prayer, Ric Bower, 2005, pigment print, dimensions variable,

National Photographic Portrait Award Finalist, NPG2

The Brouhers, (detail), from the series Prayer, Ric Bower  2005, pigment print, dimensions variable

Angie's Crew,  (detail), from the series Prayer, Ric Bower, 2005, pigment print, dimensions variable

Supercharger Aphorism 69C; from The Wisdom of Supercharger; Supercharger – blown collective; 2022

from the series: Rituals of Becoming, (detail), crazinisT artisT (Va-Bene Elikem K. Fiatsi) and Ric Bower, 2017, pigment print, 102 x 138cm, courtesy the artists and Gallery 1957, Accra

from series: Akɛ yaaa heko || One does not take it anywhere, Elisabeth Efua Sutherland, Paa Joe and Ric Bower, 2018; pigment print, dimensions variable,

featuring Alina Maria Veeser; Jacqueline Fadel; Vivian Boateng, James Turksona-Brown; Jeremiah Atcheah; Doris Mamley Djangmah; courtesy of tahe artists and Gallery 1957, Accra

from series: Akɛ yaaa heko || One does not take it anywhere, Elisabeth Efua Sutherland, Paa Joe and Ric Bower, 2018; pigment print, dimensions variable,

featuring Alina Maria Veeser; Jacqueline Fadel; Vivian Boateng, James Turksona-Brown; Jeremiah Atcheah; Doris Mamley Djangmah; courtesy of tahe artists and Gallery 1957, Accra

from series: Akɛ yaaa heko || One does not take it anywhere, Elisabeth Efua Sutherland, Paa Joe and Ric Bower, 2018; pigment print, dimensions variable,

featuring Alina Maria Veeser; Jacqueline Fadel; Vivian Boateng, James Turksona-Brown; Jeremiah Atcheah; Doris Mamley Djangmah; courtesy of tahe artists and Gallery 1957, Accra