13 Isolations has ended.

Analysis and Commentary:

Although most of the artists could not meet the challenge offered by the extreme conditions of the prison, still their shortcomings managed to address the 12 social issues from the privileged point of view of western artists, thereby showing the need for further resolve with the idea of the creative mind in isolation. Episodes only objective has always been to make a reality art production that would profile 12 social issues and create a public discourse around them. Our desire to work with artists was to show their solitary world through live broadcast and place them amongst relevant social issues as noble metaphors. Admittedly, external elements did compromise the concept of 13 Isolations before it could evolve as a genuine live production, instead a rather interesting opposite phenomenon occurred with the artists. Moving into a collective pack and refusing to be in isolation after one night, half of the artists began to show signs of giving in to the basic conditions of the old prison. An "us against them" behavior manifested itself, emotions began to dominate rational perseverance and the creative motors of conceptual survival shut down. 6 artists left and then 1, leaving 6 more to try and negotiate the prevailing circumstances.The egotistical perception of the artists that left and those remaining to shift the projects objective to themselves follows the apparent understanding of why you find a public in near absolute disdain over the relevancy of artists. Some began to call the conditions barbaric, primitive and that the situation was not what they expected.
Over 25,000,000 people are trafficked each year world wide and are kept in situations they didn't expect either.
Dafur is primitive and barbaric.
Over half the world's population lives without streaming water.

It must be noted that the 6 artists who wanted to remain did began to adapt to their defined spaces. A couple of them did produce work partially inspired by the conditions set forth by Episodes before the city government of Hoorn took the project away from Episodes by making contracts with the artists working with us. This with other
unfair deceptions from them clearly made it impossible for the project to maintain any integrity for our definition of what was agreed upon to continue to be binding and respected.
We have chosen to move on with the challenge for 13 creative people, artists if you don't mind me saying so, to enter into a complete period of isolation to make art and endure the basic needs, water, food, art materials, a bed, a chair and a table. Stay connected for updates concerning the next isolations event, coming soon.
Thank you all once again.

sincere regards,
Anthony Murrell
Episodes, a product art network

Thanks to the Hoorn community for their support.

Thanks to Christiaan Schokker and Rudy Herlê for their security support at the prison.
And a very special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Black from Hoorn.

Stay Tuned for further developments!