Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Pubblicato in occasione della mostra al Centro Civico per l'Arte Contemporanea "La Grancia" di Serre di Rapolano, tenutasi dall'8 al 23 maggio 1996. Piccolo "estratto" dal mitico libro "Do It" di Hans Ulrich OBRIST contenente le istruzioni per realizzare un'opera d'arte su indicazione dei più importanti artisti contemporanei. Questa piccola raccolta contiene le "istruzioni" in lingua italiana dei 13 artisti: Christian Boltanski, Maria Eichhorn, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Paul-Armand Gette, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Fabrice Hybert, Ilya Kabakov, Mike Kelly, Alison Knowles, Bertrand Lavier, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Jean-Jacques Rullier, Rirkrit Tiravanija, raccolte per la realizzazione della mostra. Dal testo inbtroduttivo: Condizioni: Ogni sede espositiva di Do it s'impegna per contratto a: 1) Eseguire le 13 istruzioni ed esibirne i risultati in un periodo di tempo liberamente scelto; 2) Distruggere tutti gli oggetti esibiti alla fine della mostra; 3) Inviare all'indirizzo di Do it una documentazione fotografica completa e un rapportoscritto. Hans-Ulrich Obrist… (more)

With do it in hand, you will be able to make a work of (someone else's) art yourself. Since 1993 do it has provided its public with "how to" pages of instructions written by more than 200 of the most important artists and writers working today since its initiation by Hans Ulrich in dialogue with Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier.
Co-edited by Hu Fang and Obrist, do it (Chinese edition) is the most up-to-date development of do it project, it includes new contributions of do it proposals from 26 energetic artists from China/ within Chinese context, they open the new possibility to the Possible Life.… (more)

The Do It book contains artworks by more than 100 international artists in the form of do-it-yourself text instructions to be completed by the reader. Based on the traveling exhibition and e-flux online project curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, the book also includes a selection of essays and interviews, and offers comprehensive material on the groundbreaking show. Do It began in 1993 with a discussion among friends Christian Boltanski, Bertrand Lavier, and Hans Ulrich Obrist. All three had been interested in various forms of instructional procedures since the early 1970s, and that evening they spoke of the instructions contained within their own work. From this discussion arose the idea of an exhibition of do-it-yourself descriptions and procedural instructions. Since 1993, the exhibition has taken place in venues in more than 40 cities worldwide, including Palo Alto, Pittsburg, Calgary, Atlanta, Toronto, Andover, Glasgow, Reykjavik, Helsinki, Bangkok, Copenhagen, Edmonton, Paris, Mexico City, and Costa Rica. Meaning has been multiplied as various interpretations of the text accumulated while the exhibition traveled from venue to venue. The online component, which invites participants to upload images of the results of their chosen project, is less concerned with copies, images, or reproductions of artworks than with human interpretation.… (more)