Maria Eichhorn‘s exhibition ‘Das Geld der Kunsthalle Bern / Money at the Kunsthalle Bern’ (2000) resulted from her research into funding of the exhibition and her decision to devote the entire budget for her show to the renovation of the building. The entire museum was on show during this renovation and visitors could watch the process from up close, even in rooms that were normally hidden from view.
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Hans Schabus, ‘The Shaft Of Babel’ (2003).
Over days, Schabus dug a 15 feet deep hole in his studio and shifted the earth to a pile.
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Being originally a Hoodoo custom (Hoodoo = a form of predominantly African-American traditional folk magic, mostly found in the Southern United States), bottle trees were made as a means of protecting the home by trapping evil spirits within the colorful bottles. Though scarce today, bottle trees are still created for their artistic appeal.
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‘Guirland’ (2008) by Guillaume Poulain
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Stills from the videos ‘Gloss’ and ‘Tape’ by Matt Calderwood
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Etienne Chambaud, ‘L’electricité’ (2007)
A lamp lights up its own socket.
‘Darkness falls on Beroldingerstraße 7, 79224 Umkirch’ (2006), by Jason Dodge
Everything that produces light was taken from a house at the edge of the woods in Germany.
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‘Pavillion’ (2008) by Job Koelewijn
A room the size of a telephone booth, on all sides equipped with rolling shutters that close and, eventually, open once a person stands inside. These pictures were taken at museum De Pont, Tilburg (NL).
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Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp, ‘Bottle rack’ (1914/64)
Original lost. Replica. Private collection.