Sociological Survey Painting

The work reflects the real sociological survey which has been conducted on the sites of the transnational oil corporation bp over several years of research in conditions of complete underground. Only 3 out of more than hundred participants stated that the oil corporation did not cause any harm to the environment - all 3 were employees of the head office, what is indicated in the artwork in dark green. Light green reflects a slightly larger number of those who doubted the unambiguity of the harm. And the overwhelming majority unequivocally confirmed the harm caused by oil production. What was not surprising - they were all employees of operational sites, what is designated respectively by three shades of yellow - offshore, onshore and export pipelines. Those who work on the sites are definitely closer to earth and truth. In a certain sense, this was not only a social survey, but also an artistic happening. For more details on how it was carried out, please follow the link - www.niyazmamedov.com/the-underground/#18-04-2020 . The work is part of my many years project ‘Semiosis of Meta-Abstract Symbols / Phenomenology of Freedom’ that ended in 2023 - https://niyazmamedov.com/category/underground/page/2/ . It has been carried out at intersection of art and semiotics research, which resulted in a number of innovations related both to the formal aspects of art / theory of art and semiotics. Much of this research was carried out in conditions of art underground inside the oil corporation bp where I’d made ‘deep dive’ for unbiased and unrestricted studying political/social/environmental aspects of its activity that were the subject of my interests at intersection of art & semiotics. It was an unprecedented experience of penetrating the holy of holies of what should be explored and when the research was completed, I left the dystopia having sent preliminarily a letter to bp CEO substantiating in detail my proposal to liquidate it as axiologically unjustified.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:23.7 W x 23.7 H x 1 D in

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