Jakob Boeskov
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Jakob Boeskov is a Danish-Icelandic artist
and filmmaker .
His work has been shown in museums such as New Museum and Stedelijk Museum
. He is best known for infiltrating a Chinese weapons fair in his ID Sniper project. Boeskov's work includes drawings, paintings, video and film. His work has been described as humorous, poetic and political. Jakob Boeskov lives and works in New York
. This fictive weapon could shoot off GPS chips into demonstrators, so that the police later could locate them and "apply the punishment." Boeskov brought drawings of this weapon to a weapons fair in Beijing, China, where the weapon received positive reactions from real weapons dealers, politicians and policemen.
Boeskov described the project "like being a sci-fi writer caught in his own novel"
The project received worldwide press and caused Boeskov to receive purchase orders from military and security agencies from around the world.
which won the 2010 Danish:DOX Award at the CPH:DOX film festival. In 2010 Boeskov collaborated with Creative Time
in New York with a video created in Nigeria together with director Teco Benson.
In 2007 Boeskov started a short lived musical project called Black Scandinavia. The band performed with Gang Gang Dance
in New York and Copenhagen.
, Boeskov's website was hacked and infiltrated with malware by Chinese hackers, most likely the Honker Union. This cyberwarfare happened at the same time as Operation Aurora
, a series of coordinated cyber-attacks on Google
and other American companies.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and filmmaker .
His work has been shown in museums such as New Museum and Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum
Founded in 1874, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is a museum for classic modern and contemporary art in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It has been housed on the Paulus Potterstraat, next to Museum Square Museumplein and to the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and the Concertgebouw, in Amsterdam Zuid...
. He is best known for infiltrating a Chinese weapons fair in his ID Sniper project. Boeskov's work includes drawings, paintings, video and film. His work has been described as humorous, poetic and political. Jakob Boeskov lives and works in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
ID Sniper
In 2002, Jakob Boeskov and industrial designer Kristian Von Bengtson created a fake hi-tech weapon called the ID Sniper rifleID Sniper rifle
The ID Sniper rifle is an art project, a fictional, hoax weapon devised by Jakob Boeskov, a Danish artist and Danish industrial designer Kristian von Bengtson on a suggestion of Danish journalist Mads Brügger. The ID Sniper supposedly shoots GPS chips, and the police force may tag persons with...
. This fictive weapon could shoot off GPS chips into demonstrators, so that the police later could locate them and "apply the punishment." Boeskov brought drawings of this weapon to a weapons fair in Beijing, China, where the weapon received positive reactions from real weapons dealers, politicians and policemen.
Boeskov described the project "like being a sci-fi writer caught in his own novel"
The project received worldwide press and caused Boeskov to receive purchase orders from military and security agencies from around the world.
Film and video work
In 2009 Boeskov wrote and directed the film Empire NorthEmpire North (film)
Empire North is a 2010 film written and directed by Jakob Boeskov. The film follows Jakob Valdason a cartoonist whose life changes drastically when he invents a fictional hi-tech weapon called the ID Sniper. The film is partly based upon the story of ID Sniper...
which won the 2010 Danish:DOX Award at the CPH:DOX film festival. In 2010 Boeskov collaborated with Creative Time
Creative Time
Creative Time is a New York-based nonprofit arts organization. It was founded in 1973 to support the creation of innovative, site-specific, socially engaged works in the public realm, especially in vacant spaces of historical and architectural interest...
in New York with a video created in Nigeria together with director Teco Benson.
Other work
Although he is most known for his more conceptual work, Boeskov mainly exhibits drawings and paintings.In 2007 Boeskov started a short lived musical project called Black Scandinavia. The band performed with Gang Gang Dance
Gang Gang Dance
Gang Gang Dance is an American experimental music band based in Manhattan, New York City. The band is known for its distinctive sound which features synthesized electronics and percussion, plus the varied vocal styles of singer Lizzi Bougatsos...
in New York and Copenhagen.
Chinese hacker attack
On June 4, 2009, on the 10th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protestsTiananmen Square protests
Tiananmen Square in Beijing has been the central point for several major historical protests, with their most commonly referred to Chinese name in parentheses....
, Boeskov's website was hacked and infiltrated with malware by Chinese hackers, most likely the Honker Union. This cyberwarfare happened at the same time as Operation Aurora
Operation Aurora
Operation Aurora was a cyber attack which began in mid-2009 and continued through December 2009. The attack was first publicly disclosed by Google on January 12, 2010, in a blog post. In the blog post, Google said the attack originated in China...
, a series of coordinated cyber-attacks on Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
and other American companies.