‘Make your own life’ (2006) by Merlin Carpenter
Carpenter asked ICA Philadelphia to provide him with $4,000 cash. The artist then went on a shopping spree, consuming all kinds of luxury goods and services. In the end, only the receipts and empty shopping bags were exhibited.
Oskar Dawicki, ‘I’m sorry’ (2010)
Live in front of the audience Dawicki reads a text explaining he’s sorry for the failed performance he’s giving. Finally, to make up for wasting the audience’s time and the curator’s chance of putting on a good show, he hands out sweets while a taperecorder plays the sound of him crying and once more apologizing.
A performance seen in Rotterdam during Witte de With’s performance cycle ‘Let us compare mythologies’. Pictures by Peter Rakossy.
More fine work by Dawicki downstairs….
Martin Boyle, Untitled (2008)
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Martin Boyle produces work that is both playful and performative. He re-presents mass produced quirky objects and packaging in multiple forms to the viewer through video installation and sculptural pieces. His work highlights a preoccupation with ideas of value, or lack off, through his use of packaging and consumer goods…
Reiner Ruthenbeck
Reiner Ruthenbeck, ‘Arche Noah II’ (1972)