Fleurop by Sebastian Utzni
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Turkey 2–4 · Europe, UK & Balkans 4–7 · USA & Canada 5–9 · Middle East 4–8 · Japan & East Asia 7–12 · Latin America, Africa, Australia & New Zealand 7–14 days
Publisher: Edition Taube, Berlin, 2024
Format: Softcover
Edition: 1st edition, edition of 500
Pages: 64
ISBN: 978-3-945900-56-7
Fleurop is a conceptual artist book by Sebastian Utzni that visualizes the so-called “Fleurop list” — the code names used by the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) to identify allied countries it secretly surveilled, each disguised as a plant name. Through photographs of artificial plants paired with national flag ribbons, the book exposes the symbolic clichés and quiet absurdities embedded in state-level espionage. By asking why certain nations are coded as flowers while others as weeds or crops, Utzni reveals how myth, stereotype, and power circulate beneath the neutral language of intelligence systems. The publication continues Utzni’s practice of dissecting contemporary narratives and institutional fictions.
