Documenta 13
BROTHERS GRIMM MUSEUM / DOCUMENTA-HALLE / FRIDERICIANUM / GLORIA CINEMA / HAUPTBAHNHOF / KARLSAUE PARK / NEUE GALERIE / ORANGERIE / OTTONEUM / STäNDEHAUS / UNTERE KARLSSTR. 14 AND OTHERS, Kassel
Remains, residues, remnants, repairs, relics. The 13th edition of Documenta, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, inhabits a strange temporality. The exhibition includes little limestone figurines, the “Bactrian princesses,” the remnants of a civilization long gone (Central Asia, ca. 2000 B.C.); deformed artifacts from the Beirut National Museum, damaged during the Lebanese...
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Documenta 13
BROTHERS GRIMM MUSEUM / DOCUMENTA-HALLE / FRIDERICIANUM / GLORIA CINEMA / HAUPTBAHNHOF / KARLSAUE PARK / NEUE GALERIE / ORANGERIE / OTTONEUM / STäNDEHAUS / UNTERE KARLSSTR. 14 AND OTHERS, Kassel
“When we read, there is a voice inside our minds that narrates aloud, but silently, in what has been termed ‘subvocalization.’ Our accelerated way of life—the dissemination of speed-reading techniques, for example—dissolves that voice. In response, the Writers Residency seeks moments of ‘chorality’: instances of mutual commitment, whether loud or...
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Documenta 13
BROTHERS GRIMM MUSEUM / DOCUMENTA-HALLE / FRIDERICIANUM / GLORIA CINEMA / HAUPTBAHNHOF / KARLSAUE PARK / NEUE GALERIE / ORANGERIE / OTTONEUM / STäNDEHAUS / UNTERE KARLSSTR. 14 AND OTHERS, Kassel
Postcards from Kassel
Postcard 1: The Format
Dear reader, I hope these lines find you well, wherever you are right now. I have decided to address you through postcards, as to remain on Documenta 13’s wavelength. In fact, those who have followed the development of this Documenta may have noticed that the...
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