By using the specialities of the urban sphere and through using artistic moments of irritation, the artist who once was a "UDK Meiserschüler" tries to question the common view.
On the one hand side Emess wants to draw attention to social and urban changes – for example his "Paste-up Armada" shows 36 large-scale sailing boats. The "Flagship Store Invasion Berlin 2008" criticises the expulsion of small shops through well-funded trade chains and their flagship stores, the series of huge bombers, armed with oversized televisions and showing the warning “Watch your Head”, is a work that concentrates on today’s usage of visual media. Emess uses specific urban features and tries to react to their changes with for example the "Deutsche kauft nicht bei Nazis" poster project or the alienation of different advertisements, so-called Adbusting.
By purposely using certain special happenings and places, Emess wants to irritate and remind. A good example would be the installation of three large sculptures: through his concrete cast in form of a M16 quick fire gun with a helmet and protection glasses Emess wants to remind of the wars and their victims.
In all of his projects, the artist concentrates on the purpose of questioning the usual and to fight against the loss of remembrance caused by the speed of today’s media.

Emess: "Emyssee", opening October 10 at 19h and running until November 10, 2008 at ATM Gallery, Brunnenstrasse 24, Berlin-Mitte. Open Tue > Sat from 12 > 19h.