Keren Cytter's 'Terrorist of Love' premieres at Frieze London

Israeli artist Keren Cytter, born in 1977 and based in New York, presents her new video 'Terrorist of Love' during Frieze London, one of Europe's most important art fairs. The work is co-commissioned by online art marketplace Artspace and Daata Editions. The video is available for free worldwide download via a link provided by Artribune. Cytter, known for pushing the limits of her chosen media, reaffirms her interest in experimental practice characterized by narrative fractures, multiple levels of reading, and subversion of the medium through humour and visual conventions borrowed from animated GIFs. The piece playfully mimics music videos and romantic tragedies from India and the Middle East, occasionally featuring Pokemon and references to Western culture. The project also questions the relationship between video art and the market, opening debate on the challenges internet poses to art acquisition and fruition, within the dual context of a fair and an online sales site. The gesture is compared, albeit differently, to filmmaker Ken Loach's act of putting all his films on YouTube after winning a prize at Cannes last spring, defying piracy and elitist culture.