Fiction Talks #7
French artist Pierre Huyghe, commissioned by the Dia Art Foundation in 2003, executed an extensive project titled “Streamside Day Follies.” With access to the small abandoned town of Streamside, Huyghe literally invented traditions for this provincial town in the USA. learn more
French artist Pierre Huyghe, commissioned by the Dia Art Foundation in 2003, executed an extensive project titled “Streamside Day Follies.” With access to the small abandoned town of Streamside, Huyghe literally invented traditions for this provincial town in the USA. The project involved interconnected relationships between three elements: an imaginary community in the Hudson Valley, learn more
Streamside, 2003
Pierre Huyghe
Agnieszka Polska’s video, in broad strokes, references Paweł Freisler, a Polish artist who primarily worked in the 1960s and 1970s. Freisler moved to Sweden in the late 1970s and seemingly abandoned his artistic practices in favor of tending to his learn more
Agnieszka Polska’s video, in broad strokes, references Paweł Freisler, a Polish artist who primarily worked in the 1960s and 1970s. Freisler moved to Sweden in the late 1970s and seemingly abandoned his artistic practices in favor of tending to his garden. Freisler is mainly known for his storytelling art – an ephemeral practice that involved learn more
Garden
Agnieszka Polska
The United We Stand project imagines a non-existent Hollywood-style European blockbuster film, marketed as “a brilliant mix of espionage and sci-fi political stereotypes in which Europe, not the USA, saves the world from impending doom.” Through posters, a fabricated website, learn more
The United We Stand project imagines a non-existent Hollywood-style European blockbuster film, marketed as “a brilliant mix of espionage and sci-fi political stereotypes in which Europe, not the USA, saves the world from impending doom.” Through posters, a fabricated website, and a fictional backstory, the project presented a fictional movie to audiences worldwide. The promotional learn more
United We Stand (2005)
Eva & Franco Mattes
