hoolawhoop

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13.1.11

cactuses in polystyrene

Michel François, Psycho Jardin (cactus), 2009

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10.1.11

Books are earthquake proof. Fallen Books is a book project that brings together images of toppled books housed in seismically active libraries. The photographs, often taken by librarians, are laid out as a chronological index of libraries in the aftermath of an earthquake and include earthquake names, locations, dates and the relative intensity of the earthquake as measured by the Modified Mercalli Scale. The accompanying captions are quotes from newspapers and librarian’s notes.

This book in the hands of the reader will always refer to the copies of Fallen Books introduced into the featured libraries. This book is both an archive and a forecast. More information here.

9.1.11

earthquakes

8.1.11

me and my minerals

7.1.11

'bookworks instead of artists' books'

In 1975 Mexican artist Ulises Carrión established in Amsterdam one of the first centres dedicated to the exhibition and distribution of artists' books: Other Books and So.

'The most beautiful and perfect book in the world is a book with only blank pages.'

Ulises Carrión, in: The New Art of Making Books (1975)

'One copy of the book is not the book. The book is the whole edition.'

Ulises Carrión, in: Bookworks Revisited (1979)

Like in for example Simon Starling's project with dummy books: Les Maquettes en Blanc (1995-2009) (2009).

6.1.11

candy wraps and light bulbs

All installation views from Felix Gonzalez-Torres (the toddler not included).
All with a similar poetic feeling.

5.1.11

a head start

4.1.11

fresh air

The exhibition 'Fresh Hell' is on view in Palais de Tokyo until January 16th. A group show, intuitively put together by artist Adam McEwen: 'Fresh Hell dives into history, recent or distant, but doesn’t bore through the strata. Instead, it skims horizontally and nonlinearly, generating multiple paradoxes and stirring up a breath of fresh air that is constantly sucked away by ghostly shadows.'
From top to bottom: Georg Herold 'Labyrinth' - Steven Shearer 'Dance' - Sigmar Polke - 'Langeweileschleife (Boredom Loop)' - Georg Herold 'Mountain of Cocaine V' - Michelangelo Pistoletto 'The Ears of Jasper Johns'.