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Do it : the compendium / edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist ; in collaboration with Independent Curators International.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Independent Curators International : Distributed Art Publishers 2013.Description: 448 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781938922015
  • 1938922018
Other title:
  • Hans Ulrich Obrist : do it : the compendium
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 702 UL45d
Contents:
Introduction / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Art by instruction and the pre-history of do it / Bruce Altshuler -- Progress report / Kate Fowle and Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Artists introductions -- Do it at TEOR/éTica / Virginia Pérez-Ratton -- Why do it Chinese version? / Hu Fang and Hans Ulrich Obrist -- The evolution of do it / 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.
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Includes index.

Introduction / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Art by instruction and the pre-history of do it / Bruce Altshuler -- Progress report / Kate Fowle and Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Artists introductions -- Do it at TEOR/éTica / Virginia Pérez-Ratton -- Why do it Chinese version? / Hu Fang and Hans Ulrich Obrist -- The evolution of do it / 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.

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