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contents This book is dedicated to Edward Woodman, photographer.

page 1 Oswatdo Macia, Memory Skip, 1995 The Colombian artist Oswaldo Macia's work straddles the visual and the olfactory. In it smel l becomes a physical object. Here, the skip held pine essence and its scent acted as a memory aid, though pine soap is generally used as a cleaning agent and for evacuating noxious odours. The Liquid was bound by its solid container, but its odour evaded such fixed parameters and pervaded the entire space. Memory Skip was partnered by an audio work entitled The Sound of Smell, recorded in a sound studio and consisting of the mechanical grinding and manual chopping of pine needles. This Lasted the Length of time as it took for the sealed room to be filled with scent.

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foreword by Jonathan Crary 6

introduction 12

Over the past decade the position of lnstallation art has shifted from a relatively

marginal practice to achieving mainstream status within contemporary visual

culture. Its hegemonic presence has given rise to new terms which redefine the

art form and impact on a range of other disciplines.

Artists and works that mark this shift include: Ann Hamilton (USA], Stan

Douglas (Canada], Stefan Bruggemann (Mexico], Steven Pippin (UK], Barbara

Kruger (USA], Hans Op de Beeck (Belgium], Rodney Graham (Canada], Michael

Landy (UK], Tomoko Takahashi (Japan], llya Kabakov IRussial, Chris Burden (USA1

and Francesc Torres (Spain].

escape 49

The new 'immersive' lnstallation reflects a desire for sensual pleasure. It provides

a 'total artwork' which envelops the viewer in a hermetic and narcissistic space.

The location of the installation is in the realm of the imaginary, stimulated by

the need for escape.

Artists featured include Doug Aitken (USA], Per Barclay (Norway], Olafur

Eliasson (Denmark], Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson (UKI, Ann Veronica Janssens

(UKIBelgiuml, Kazuo Katase (Japan], Jaume Plensa (Spain], Ugo Rondinone

(Switzerland], Barre Saethre (Norway], Andrea Zittel (USA], Lee Bul (Korea1 and

Pierre Huyghe (France].

author and institution 78

While artists desire autonomy, their installations often require collaborators in

the form of museums and curators. The resulting relationships provide a platform

for discussion and collaboration. The outcome of this process is the project:

lnstallation as an open-ended experiment which transforms the art institution

into a cultural Laboratory.

Artists in this section include: Barbara Bloom [USA), Martin Creed (UKI, Henrik

Plenge Jakobsen (Denmark], Mischa Kuball (Germany], Micah Lexier (Canada],

John Newling (UKI, Tobias Rehberger (Germany], Navin Rawanchaikul (Thailand],

Elmgreen 81 Dragset (Denmark/Norwayl and Thomas Hirschhorn (Switzerland].

nge and interaction 106

has been defined by its refusal to accept fixed boundaries.

ental edge has led artists to examine the boundaries of other

practitioners are Looking to forge relationships of exchange with

&on a global level, through the ability of fast travel, information

and the media. In addition, Installation artists have found opportunities

rate with specialists in areas such as anthropology, science and

opening the field to experimental strategies beyond the traditionally

llation is thus seen as moving beyond the physical boundary of a

pace into a realm of negotiated interactivity and simultaneity.

b t s are drawn from a broad spectrum of lnstallation practice and

Atelier van Lieshout (Netherlands), Jose Davila [Mexico), Alicia Framis

1, Carsten Holler (Belgium), the duo MunteanIRosenblum (Austriallsrael),

an Wicolai [Germany), the Scandinavian group N55, Paola Pivi [Italy],

Povell [UK), Allan Wexler (USA) and Keith Tyson (UK).

#me and narrative 132 b- 6 &a rapidly changing world, time and memory are key concerns for contemporary

W&. Though borrowing from existing methodologies, Installation artists prefer

. Wecanstruct their own spaces of memory. The singular term 'history' is under

g wnstant threat from the emergence of multiple 'histories'. Artists have used

< Ws concern with remembrance by focusing on official and unofficial means ' &retrieval in an attempt to question existing systems through more private and

F : individual ways.

Examples are drawn from the works of: Christian Boltanski [France), David

Bunn (USA), Damien Hirst (UK), Tadashi Kawamata (Japan), the French duo

LoriotlMelia, Mike Nelson (UKI, Jasan Rhoades [USA), Bob & Roberta Smith (UK),

Jane and Louise Wilson (UKI, Eija-Liisa Ahtila [Finland] and Jo io Penalva [Portugal).

the body of the audience 166

Following an examination of the conditions of contemporary viewing. i t is argued notes on the text 193 that the audience has become the key site of the Installation. This chapter

concludes that lnstallation returns us to the body of the spectator, a space that is bibliography 194 sentient and active: The Empire of the Senses.

Artists include: Vanessa Beecroft (Italy], Carlos Amorales (Mexico], Thomas list of illustrations Eller (Germany), Gary Hi l l (USA), Christian Jankowski [Germany), Aernout Mik and biographical notes 197 (Netherlands), Santiago Sierra [Spain), Roman Signer (Switzerland], Christine Hi l l

(USA), Mariko Mori [Japan) and Sylvie Fleury [Switzerland). index 207

INDEX

p. 191 [below] Gary Hi l l Born 1951 in USA.

list of contributors Viewer, 1996 Five-channel video installation (5 projectors, 1 five-channel synchronizer, 5 Laserdisc players Research Co-ordination: Sotirios Bahtsetzis With thanks to a l l contribufing artists and and 5 Laserdiscs edition of 2 and 1 artist's proof). Picture Research: Sarah Loriot galleries, and to Robert Preece and Russel Courtesy: Gary Hil l Studio and Donald Young Administrative Assistant: Clare Fitzpatrick Keziere for their support and advice. Gallery, Chicago. IT Support: Kenichi Nakayama

p. 192 Tacita Dean Liaison: Rie Watanabe

Born 1965; lives and works in London. Consultants: Sotir~os Bahtsetzis. Jeremy Wood Fernsehturm, 2001 16 m m colour anamorphic film, optical sound, 44 min. Courtesy: the artist. Frith Street Gallery, London and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.

index

Page numbers in italics refer to captions.

Absalon 50, 60 Ackermann, Franz 106 Ahtila, Eija-Liisa 5, 159 Aitken, Doug 4 , 52, 68, 77 Alaez. Ana Laura 183 Allen, David 139 Almond, Darren 138 Alys, Francis 15 Amorales, Carlos 5, 112, 166, 168 'Archive' exhibition 140 archive, theme of 132. 134 Asdam, Knut 147 Atelier van Lieshout 5 , 106, 124 audience 109 authorship 78. 167

Ballard, J. G. 22 Banks, Joe 157 Barclay, Per 4, 54 Barlow, Phyllida 147 Barney, Matthew 26, 27 Bartolini, Massimo 140 Bashi, Tatsurou [Tazro Niscinol 95 Bassand, Francoise 84 Batchen. Geoffrey 132 Baudrillard, Jean 14, 51, 169 Beecroft. Vanessa 5, 166, 190 Benjamin, Walter 79, 132 Bianci, Paolo 106 BieferIZgraggen 51. 53 Bik Fill ingham Van der Pol 17 Blast Theory 20. 20 Blorn. Ina 49

Bloom, Barbara 4 , 94 Bock, John 181 body 49, 51, 109 Boltanski, Christian 5 , 133, 137 Bonvicini, Monica 46 Bornholdt, Wendy 22 Bott, Karsten 132, 163 Bourriaud, Nicolas 22, 106 Boyadijez, Luchezar 86 Boyer, M. Christine 168 Break Down installation 47 Brodsky. Alexander 38, 148 Bruggemann, Stefan 4, 21, 21,

96 Buchel. Christoph 123 Bul. Lee 4. 50. 55. 76 Bulloch. Angela 121 Bunn, David 5 , 133, 136 Burden, Chris 4 , 43, 44

Cardiff, Janet 35 Cattelan, Maurizio 138 Chinese Cartoon 187 Christo and Jeanne Claude 90 cinema, cinematic

experience of 23, 167 techniques 23, 134

'Cities on the Move' exhibition 79

collaboration, collaborators 81, 109 consumption, theme of 8 , 47 conviviality in artworks 106, 109 Cox-Bisham, Tom 65 Crary, Jonathan 167, 168 Creed, Martin 4 , 104 Cruz, Juan 141

Dalziel+Scullion 68 Davies, David 140 Davila, Jose 5 , 107, 128 De Oliveira, Nicolas 174 Dean, Tacita 167. 192 debate specific 14 'Deep Storage' exhibition 132 Deleuze, Gilles 42, 167 Delvoye, Wim 108 Denki, Maywa 119, 127 Diller+Scofidio 52, 70 Dion. Mark 88 'Dislocations' exhibition 17 Dolven, A. K. 159 Dorbaum. Martin 38, 38 Douglas, Stan 4 , 23, 25, 26,

168, 179 Draeger. Christoph 170 Dragset, lngar 4, 78, 79 , 97 Dutton. Steve 100, 101 Duyckaerts, Eric 174

ECM 323 112 Eliasson, Olafur 4, 72 Eller. Thomas 5. 189 Elmgreen, vichael 4, 78 , 79 , 97 Emin, Tracey 143 Erkmen, Ayse 88

Fernandez, Teresita 162 Fischer, Lili 126 Fleury. Sylvie 5, 183 Flusser. Vilem 81, 133 Foster, Hal 14, 30, 78 Foucault, Michel 38, 134 Framis. Alicia 5. 107, 116

Francois, Michel 100 Freud, Sigmund 26

Gaba, Meschac 16, 16 Geers, Kendell 82 Gesamtkunstwerk [total artwork]

4, 47 Gilbert. Bruce 30 Gilchrist, Bruce 4 , 52, 56 Gordon, Douglas 168. 172 Graham, Rodney 4 , 3 4 , 3 5 Grasskamp, Walter 32 Green, Renee 16, 16, 129 Grottick, Chris 120. Groys. Boris 30 GuimarSes. Adriano

and Fernando 121 Guo-Qiang, Cai 110' Guzmin, Daniel 163 Gygi, Fabrice 85

Haacke. Hans 90 Hikansson, Henrik 120 Halmans. Frank 41. 42 Hamilton, Ann 4, 17 , 22, 23, 144 Hanru. Hou 79, 109 Hapaska, Siobhan 60 Haselden, Ron 68 Hatoum, Mona 147 Haxhillari, Besnik and FLutura 175 Hernandez, Jonathan 26 Hill, Christine 5 , 177 Hill, Gary 5 , 167, 191 Hirschhorn, Thomas 4 , 3 0 , 92 Hirst, Damien 5 , 80, 146 Hitchcock. Alfred 168

INDEX

Holler, Carsten 5, 36, 36, 108, 114 Huyghe, Pierre 4, 65

immersion 17. 30, 51 imrnersive

condition 23 mode 4,49 space 53

interaction, interactors 52, 106, 107, 109

Ivacs, Agnes 81

Jacob, Mary Jane 47 Jakobsen, Henrik Plenge 4, 103 Jameson, Frederic 49 Jankowski, Christian 5, 109, 129, 181 Janssens, Ann Veronica 4, 51, 56 Joelson, Jo 4, 52.56

Kabakov, llya 4, 14, 14, 17, 8P Kafka, Franz 53 Kapoor, Anish 92 Kastner, Jeffrey 47 Katase, Kazuo 4, 63 Kawarnata, Tadashi 5, 150 Kingelez. Bodys lsek 162 Konig, Kasper 81 Koolhaas, Rem 8 0 - Kratochvil, Jir i 131 Kruger, Barbara 4, 18

f Kuball, Mischa 4, 62, 82 Kubrick, Stanley 168 Kuri, Gabriel 161 Kusarna, Yayoi 65 Kusolwong, Surasi 108, 118 Kwon, Miwon 29.31, 81, 107

Lacan, Jacques 167 Lacy, Suzanne 32 Lamoureux, Johanne 28 Landy, Michael 4, 12, 13, 47, 176 Lane, Abigail 173 Leal. Miguel 98 ~ebenskunstwerke (life artworks)

106 Lexier, Micah 4, 92, 96 life artworks see Lebenskunstwerke Lind, Maria 79 Lislegaard, Ann 68 Locke, Hew 105 Lockhart, Jon 65

Long, Charles 187 LoriotIMelia 5, 133, 152 Lou. Liza 143 Lucas, Sarah 154 Lyotard, Jean-Francois 135

Macia, Oswaldo 4 Malraux, Andre 79, 80 MarcadC, Bernard 51 McGoldrick, Rosemarie 151 McLuhan, Marshall 14, 108 memory, theme of 6, 80. 133, 135 Meyer, James 31 Michelin, Sirnone 126 Miguel, Ana 130 Mik, Aernout 5, 171 miniature 37, 42 Moretti, Simon 108, 127, 130 Mori, Mariko 5, 188 Murioz, Juan 18. 18,20 Muntean, Markus 131 museum 44,45, 51, 78, 79, 81, 169 Mutations, exhibition catalogue 80

Negroponte, Nicholas 40 Nelson, Mike 133, 135 Neto. Ernesto 58 Newling, John 4, 102 Nicolai, Carsten 5, 110, 120 Nicolai, Olaf 109, 180 Niernis, Renato 104 Niscino, Tazro see Bashi, Tatsurou Noble, Paul 38,40 nomadic, practice 29, 32, 81 non-place, concept of 30, 49, 50, 107

O'Brien, Dermot 144 O'Doherty, Brian 35, 80 Obrist, Hans-Ulrich 44, 79, 8p Offerrnan, Jeroen 127 Op de Beeck, Hans 4, 37,38,

148, 149 Opie, Julian 66 Ortega. Damian 40 Osborne, Peter, 134 Otto, Catrin 161 Oxley, Nicola 174

P:hlsson, Sven 38.38 Pardo, Jorge 88

Peacock, Percy 100, 101 Peljhan. Marko 109, 110 Penalva, JoSo 5, 155 Petry, Michael l60 Pflurnrn, Daniel 93 Pilis, Alexander 119 Pippin. Steven 4, 45 Pivi. Paola 5. 120 Plensa, Jaurne 4, 58 Povell, Mark 5, (07, 117 Price, Cedric 79 project 28, 30, 81, 107, 109, 132

Quinn, Marc 134, 148

Ranner, Alexandra 28 Rawanchaikul, Navin 4, 78, 118 real, reality, concept of 22, 42, 51,

107, 134 recycling 22, 133 Rehberger, Tobias 4, 84 Rhoades, Jason 5, 142 Rios, Miquel Angel 156 Rist, Pipilotti 59 Rogoff, lrit 134 Rondinone, Ugo 4, 26, 66 Rosenblurn, Adi 131

Saethre, Barre 4, 49, 60 Sans, JCr6rne 81 Schneider, Gregor 50,61 Schwitter, Kurt 50 Sennett, Richard 45 Serrano, Teresa 138 Sierra, Santiago 5, 166, 174 Signer, Roman 5, 185 simulation 50 site, site specificity 31, 52, 132, 109 Smith, Bob & Roberta 5, 78. 87, 133,

1 53 Smith, Michael 87 Smith, Roberta 13 Smith, Terry 172 Smithson, Robert 51 Snahetta AS 37, 37 staatsbankberlin 47 Steensma, Eric 173 Stereolab 187 Streuli, Beat 83 subjectivity 14. 34 Sudell. Louise 73

Suh. Do-Ho 164 Sze, Sarah 30

Takahashi, Tornoko 4, 10 Tarkovsky, Andrej 109 Taylor-Wood, Sarn 26, 145 telernatic media 21, 169 Thater, Diana 158, theatrical space 17, 47 Tiravanija, Rirkrit 106, 109, 112 Tolaas, Sissel 125 Torirnitsu, Momoyo 190 Torres, Francesc 4, 44 total artwork see Gesamtkunstwerw Trockel, Rosemarie 36, 36 Tsung Leong, Sze 49 Tuerlinckx, Joelle 99 Tunick, Spencer 32, 32 Tuttofuoco, Patrick 182, 187 Tyson, Keith 5, 28, 114

Ullrnan, Micha 43

van Tellinghen, Maurice 36, 37 viewer, the 51, 106, 166, 169 Viola, B i l l 165 Virilio. Paul 49, 134 virtual 29, 38 von Weller, Carl 29, 75 Voorsanger, Jessica 78,87

Warburg, Aby 132 Westphalen, Olaf 31, 31 Wexler, Allan 5, 128 white cube, concept of 35, 78 White, Joshua 87 Wiegand, Hans 184 Wilkinson, David 144 Wilson, Arnanda 137 Wilson, Jane and Louise 5, 134, ldu Wilson. Keith 34, 34 Wirthrnann, Markus 156 Witte, Veronika 128 Wood, Jererny 156

7ittel, Andrea 4, 4, 50, 75