Riiko Sakkinen | Objects | Kolokol Potatoes
Kolokol Potatoes
July 2008, Talavera de la Reina / Cervera de los Montes
Ø 8 x 17 cm
Adhesive label and preserved potatoes in a glass jar.
i Kolokol (Russian) = bell.

Kolokol-1 is an opiate-derived incapacitating agent developed in the 70's in the Soviet Union. The unknown chemical agent that Russian OSNAZ special forces pumped into the theater sieged by a Chechen urban guerilla in 2002, was probably Kolokol-1.