From Exhibiting to Embedding: The Situated Art Work
<p>Pierre Huyghe’s contribution to dOCUMENTA (13) required some effort in order to be discovered at all. It was not just that Huyghe had chosen a decidedly decentered exhibition site: a composting facility located in the Aue-Park. Even after one had located the site, it was anything but obvious that it was art. One found oneself in a kind of overgrown lot: a pile of compost, sprouting growth, through which a walkway led—at times really just a beaten path, with algae-covered puddles. The hills were overgrown with plants and weeds. Off to one side, paving slabs were stacked; nearby, a mound of black chipping…</p>
Authors: Dorothea von Hantelmann
Reference: Pierre Huyghe
Editors: Antonia Wright, Marcos Valella, Odalis Valdivieso, Angela Valella, Felice Grodin
Edition/Translation: Yamilet Ramírez
Artistic Director: Andreas Töpfer
Part of: Fall Semester
ISBN: 9781640074460