Random Institute is a testing ground for new exhibition formats and random ideas.
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Random Institute is an extension of what a contemporary art institution can be, that is to say, truly unbothered by rules and bureaucracy.
From 2016 until 2019, Random Institute ran the curatorial program of the international contemporary art center Despacio in San José, Costa Rica.
From 2016 until 2019, Random Institute ran the curatorial program of the international contemporary art center Despacio in San José, Costa Rica.
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Random Institute is directed by and brings together curatorial and publishing activities of the co-founders Sandino Scheidegger and Luca Müller.
This site was coded by Sarvesh Dwivedi and Emmanouil Zoumpoulakis and designed by Sandino Scheidegger.
This site was coded by Sarvesh Dwivedi and Emmanouil Zoumpoulakis and designed by Sandino Scheidegger.
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Happened in February 2014
Neuchâtel
No Shoes Allowed
New York-based artist David Horvitz was the first artist in an ongoing series who was asked to send spontaneous installation instructions via email, consisting of no more than two sentences. His directions: “Cover the entire gallery floor with polenta. No shoes allowed in the gallery.” After his vision was executed, Horvitz simply received, again by email, an image of the completed installation.
As no instructions for deinstallation were given, the polenta was left for the birds, literally.
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No Shoes Allowed was the fruit of a simplified exhibition process and a straightforward concept; consequently, it is understood and judged solely by the resulting documentary images.
As such, the work, along with others in the series, calls into question the extent to which “installation views” are a truthful record of an artwork, a happening, or an installation. That is to say, these pictures are carefully constructed and intended for an audience who is conditioned to consume art not in person, but more often, through images and text—such is the reality of the art world in the digital age and most likely the case for anyone reading this.
The show opening took place on February 9, 2013 at the OLM Space. What follows is the entire conversation between the artist and the curator before, during, and after the exhibition:
SS: send instructions and I send you installation view photographs
DH: cover the entire gallery floor with polenta. no shoes allowed in the gallery
SS: today was polenta time
DH: amazing
Ausstellungen werden komplexer, globaler, verstrickter, aufwändiger und kostspieliger. So der Trugschluss. Eine Initiative zurück zur Einfachheit – über Grenzen hinweg.
Ein internationaler Künstler darf in zwei Sätzen eine Ausstellung instruieren, die darauf hin unkompliziert umgesetzt wird. Punkt. Der Auftakt machte der New Yorker Künstler David Horvitz.
InformationInformationThe exhibition took place from February 9th until the birds ate the polenta at the OLM Space in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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