Do it : the compendium /
Do it : the compendium /
Hans Ulrich Obrist : do it : the compendium
edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist ; in collaboration with Independent Curators International.
- New York : Independent Curators International : Distributed Art Publishers 2013.
- 448 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction / Art by instruction and the pre-history of do it / Progress report / Artists introductions -- Do it at TEOR/éTica / Why do it Chinese version? / The evolution of do it / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Bruce Altshuler -- Kate Fowle and Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Virginia Pérez-Ratton -- Hu Fang and Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Elizabeth Presa and Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, 'Do It' began in Paris in 1993 as a conversation between the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier and Obrist himself, who was experimenting with how exhibition formats could be rendered more flexible and open-ended. The discussion led to the question of whether a show could take "scores" or written instructions by artists as a point of departure, which could be interpreted anew each time they were enacted. To test the idea, Obrist invited 13 artists to send instructions, which were then translated into nine different languages and circulated internationally as a book. Within two years, 'Do It' exhibitions were being created all over the world by realizing the artists' instructions. With every version of the exhibition new instructions were added, so that today more than 300 artists have contributed to the project.
9781938922015 1938922018
Conceptual art--Exhibitions.
Interactive art--Exhibitions.
Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions.
Art, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.--arte conceptual- exhibiciones- exposiciones--artemoderno- siglo XX-XXI
Art conceptuel--Expositions.
Art interactif--Expositions.
Art--20e siècle--Expositions.
Art--21e siècle--Expositions.
702 / UL45d
Includes index.
Introduction / Art by instruction and the pre-history of do it / Progress report / Artists introductions -- Do it at TEOR/éTica / Why do it Chinese version? / The evolution of do it / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Bruce Altshuler -- Kate Fowle and Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Virginia Pérez-Ratton -- Hu Fang and Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Elizabeth Presa and Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, 'Do It' began in Paris in 1993 as a conversation between the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier and Obrist himself, who was experimenting with how exhibition formats could be rendered more flexible and open-ended. The discussion led to the question of whether a show could take "scores" or written instructions by artists as a point of departure, which could be interpreted anew each time they were enacted. To test the idea, Obrist invited 13 artists to send instructions, which were then translated into nine different languages and circulated internationally as a book. Within two years, 'Do It' exhibitions were being created all over the world by realizing the artists' instructions. With every version of the exhibition new instructions were added, so that today more than 300 artists have contributed to the project.
9781938922015 1938922018
Conceptual art--Exhibitions.
Interactive art--Exhibitions.
Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions.
Art, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.--arte conceptual- exhibiciones- exposiciones--artemoderno- siglo XX-XXI
Art conceptuel--Expositions.
Art interactif--Expositions.
Art--20e siècle--Expositions.
Art--21e siècle--Expositions.
702 / UL45d