eio
i think its interesting raising the point of the relationship between
curating and writing.
in 2010 we did an exhibition called Espai de l'Intent (space of
trying) - named after a quote from Francis Alys where he claims that
the real space of production is that space of trying.
We entered
Yes of course an exhibition can be a text or a story or a narrative. I saw
my friend Alfredo Jaar's exhibition The Lament of the Images in Documenta
in Kassel. Alfredo made some text which could be read as a light path, when
the light path was ended you found two iconic images, one featuring
Ana, you have the best stories!
I am delighted to hear that Jaar's The Lament of the Images has been
collected into a safe vault
in Salt Lake City! This must be a good investment.
Pedro, interesting story you tell, as well.
The reading of the text always happens, of course, and then again,
I should add that at that time I was getting really fed up with the
ethnicity-based show groupings that seemed to be superficial and
writing that line about Just as ethnicity can be a lucrative
categorization, so can a sheen of politics was my way of militating
against being instrumentalized in
Haha, Johannes! Sorry if my bad formulation made you (and others :) to
believe it was Alfredo's installation which is now safeguarded for eternity
(I think the Mormons have a claim that the Lord is going to keep them,
their chosen relatives and Salt Lake City as preserved remnants of
Humanity,
Dear Johannes
Thanks for the questions. I'll quickly share some thoughts and maybe we can
into this more later as well.
The photo for the show cover was by Israel Rosas. He is a photographer for
the Mexican newsaper and this was from an action at Chiapas. When I asked
him if we could use it for
