accumulate,
collect,
show
Frieze projects
Frieze Art Fair, London, 2011
The Missing Stories, The Invisible Hand: Curating as Gesture,
CAFAM Biennial, Beijing, 2014
accumulate, collect, show is a full size live-scoreboard, an open framework with modular text-elements that can be changed and replaced, and that performs as a generator of constant activity.
It is animated live by activators who -following a script- constantly change the text to spell out a number of abstract idioms, quotes and maxims, presenting a narrative to visitors of the fair. Emphasizing on the temporary visibility of a continuous flow of language -as a form of capital so much part of any economy, the work reflects on the value of buzz, words, and the unfolding of language, as a not so futile fluidity that connects action and change.
The work makes reverence to Cedric Price's Aviary designed for the London Zoo.
This structure, as the architect envisioned, would be handled by its inhabitants. Flexible and impermanent, the aviary was designed for a community of birds, just like the Frieze art fair with its temporary tent structure for the art community gathering annually,
The temporal and provisional aspect is important, but also the visual aspect is. The colors of the boards are inspired by Mondrian's last and unfinished painting Victory Boogie Woogie; a work that reflects the rhythm of jazz and frantic and ongoing city movements.
This living billboard is a sketch board, a test site; continuously changing, sometimes to the point, sometimes off the point, and always entertaining.
Themes:
installation
Letters to the Land Turning a Blind Eye Fly Me To The Moon We swear we saw this Married By Powers (Seoul) WERE IT AS IF Eminent Domain Hurry Up Please, It's Time Married by Powers (with Frac Nord-Pas de Calais) Lobby / Office Piece Insert Love and Happiness Absolut Stockholm Catching Some Air Capsule Hotels for Information, Dreams, Brilliant Thoughts and ... N.T. You are here, art is not Sleep With Me A half mile of string What is this world? Far too many stories to fit into so small a box Take Part How does a straight line feel? (GwangJu) How does a straight line feel? Stick It On! Elements of composition [As above, so below] Accumulate, collect, show are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling? Learning From Vancouver It isn't what it used to be and will never be again Unititled (Gold) 1440 minutes towards the development of a site I've Got Something in My Eye Ideas Sunset Cinema Birds Must Be Eliminated The Bookshop Piece The Shower Piece The Kitchen Piece
public domain
Facts on the ground Take Part Letters to the Land The City & The City Turning a Blind Eye Etwas Rotes Teach Me Something School of Walking: Casablanca Eminent Domain Stick It On! The poem that jumps the fence School of Walking: Vienna Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, he said Parade or Dazibao? Jogo kali Up Close The School of Missing Studies What if the moon were just a jump away? Not all those who wander are lost Hurry Up Please, It's Time Between a rock and a hard place These socks not white (Deze sokken niet wit) Elements of composition [As above, so below] Accumulate, collect, show Too late, too little, (and how) to fail gracefully Speculation Unititled (Gold) Public Sculpture [sous les pavés, la plage] Public Arena 1440 minutes towards the development of a site The Smell of Success What colour would a chameleon take when placed on a mirror? Billboard Close Encounters A garden for Lindestede Art is either plagiarism or revolution, or: something is definitely going to happen here Istanbul, 59 Locations: A Format For Nightcomers Ideas Sunset Cinema The Disappearance Piece Laughing Gas Little Liars Fly Me To The Moon Loompanics Ford Boxes Trinity (April 2, 2005) Biosphere2 Past Imperfect Skinner*s Box Teasing Minds Life, once more, continues to be free and easy 52% happy KA Nomads in Residence / No. 19 Untitled (after Miklos Erdely) City Oasis Model City Love and Happiness Absolut Stockholm Good Nomads & Residents Proposition for Reclaiming a Space point d'ironie Learning From Vancouver Mosaic Kiev, 18-3-2006 To Gather on a Mountain
site specificity
The poem that jumps the fence Letters to the Land Facts on the ground Little Liars Letters to the Land Turning a Blind Eye To Gather on a Mountain School of Walking: Casablanca School of Walking: Vienna Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, he said Jogo kali Speechless Not all those who wander are lost Good Proposition for Reclaiming a Space point d'ironie A half mile of string Take Part One to One Anatomy of a scene How does a straight line feel? (GwangJu) WERE IT AS IF Etwas Rotes Up Close Stick It On! Hurry Up Please, It's Time Between a rock and a hard place Elements of composition [As above, so below] Accumulate, collect, show Too late, too little, (and how) to fail gracefully Clearing Procedure are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling? Speculation Learning From Vancouver It isn't what it used to be and will never be again Public Sculpture [sous les pavés, la plage] Public Arena 1440 minutes towards the development of a site I've Got Something in My Eye The Smell of Success What colour would a chameleon take when placed on a mirror? Billboard Close Encounters A garden for Lindestede Art is either plagiarism or revolution, or: something is definitely going to happen here Istanbul, 59 Locations: A Format For Nightcomers Ideas Sunset Cinema Laughing Gas Teach Me Something Ford Boxes Trinity (April 2, 2005) Skinner*s Box Life, once more, continues to be free and easy Nomads in Residence / No. 19 Untitled (after Miklos Erdely) City Oasis Lobby / Office Piece Insert Love and Happiness Absolut Stockholm Nomads & Residents Kiev, 18-3-2006
performativity
Far too many stories to fit into so small a box Letters to the Land Etwas Rotes To Gather on a Mountain Fly Me To The Moon The poem that jumps the fence A half mile of string Married By Powers (Seoul) What if the moon were just a jump away? Not all those who wander are lost Married by Powers (with Frac Nord-Pas de Calais) Sleep With Me point d'ironie Take Part Anatomy of a scene Speechless Turning a Blind Eye Between a rock and a hard place Elements of composition [As above, so below] Accumulate, collect, show Too late, too little, (and how) to fail gracefully Clearing Procedure are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling? Speculation Learning From Vancouver Public Sculpture [sous les pavés, la plage] Public Arena 1440 minutes towards the development of a site What colour would a chameleon take when placed on a mirror? Close Encounters Istanbul, 59 Locations: A Format For Nightcomers Ideas Laughing Gas Teach Me Something Skinner*s Box Life, once more, continues to be free and easy 52% happy City Oasis Love and Happiness The Bookshop Piece The Shower Piece Rest The Kitchen Piece Kiev, 18-3-2006
tools
Parade or Dazibao? Sleep With Me Little Liars Now What? Letters to the Land The City & The City Take Part Turning a Blind Eye The School of Missing Studies in the course of events (May 18) Married By Powers (Seoul) Lobby / Office Piece Absolut Stockholm Birds Must Be Eliminated The Bookshop Piece Czigane – Not the whole story How does a straight line feel? These socks not white (Deze sokken niet wit) Accumulate, collect, show Too late, too little, (and how) to fail gracefully Clearing Procedure point d'ironie are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling? Learning From Vancouver It isn't what it used to be and will never be again Unititled (Gold) 1440 minutes towards the development of a site I've Got Something in My Eye The Smell of Success What colour would a chameleon take when placed on a mirror? Close Encounters A garden for Lindestede Art is either plagiarism or revolution, or: something is definitely going to happen here Istanbul, 59 Locations: A Format For Nightcomers The Disappearance Piece Loompanics Teach Me Something Trinity (April 2, 2005) Biosphere2 Teasing Minds Life, once more, continues to be free and easy 52% happy KA Nomads in Residence / No. 19 Untitled (after Miklos Erdely) Married by Powers (with Frac Nord-Pas de Calais) City Oasis Love and Happiness Good Nomads & Residents Capsule Hotels for Information, Dreams, Brilliant Thoughts and ... N.T. You are here, art is not The Kitchen Piece At the end of this long journey Mama, was ist eigentlich Natur? - Mom, what is nature really? Model City Facts on the ground To Gather on a Mountain
collaboration
The City & The City Take Part The Kitchen Piece The Bookshop Piece The Shower Piece Rest Nomads & Residents The poem that jumps the fence School of Walking: Vienna School of Walking: Casablanca Now What? Parade or Dazibao? How does a straight line feel? (GwangJu) Jogo kali Speechless Eminent Domain Turning a Blind Eye Etwas Rotes What if the moon were just a jump away? Not all those who wander are lost Stick It On! Between a rock and a hard place Elements of composition [As above, so below] Too late, too little, (and how) to fail gracefully Clearing Procedure point d'ironie are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling? Speculation Learning From Vancouver It isn't what it used to be and will never be again Public Sculpture [sous les pavés, la plage] Public Arena 1440 minutes towards the development of a site A garden for Lindestede Art is either plagiarism or revolution, or: something is definitely going to happen here Istanbul, 59 Locations: A Format For Nightcomers Sunset Cinema Teach Me Something Past Imperfect Teasing Minds KA Nomads in Residence / No. 19 Lobby / Office Piece Insert Married by Powers (with Frac Nord-Pas de Calais) Accumulate, collect, show Mosaic To Gather on a Mountain
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