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2013

‘Hello World!’ at Kasseler Kunstverein, 2013

During the fiac art fair the newspaper Libération had a special edition (October 24, 2013)  in which all pictures where replaced by pictures of art pieces. Ususally Liberation features every day on their last page a portrait of a person. I had the honor to draw the Jean Paul Sartre portrait for this special edition…

Aram Bartholl, «Portrait Google de Jean-Paul Sartre», 2013, fusain, 1m x 1m. Courtesy XPO GALLERY, Paris.

La 40^e édition de la FIAC coïncide avec les 40 ans de Libération. Il fallait à cette occasion lier la création contemporaine à l’histoire du quotidien fondé en 1973 sous l’égide de Sartre.
L’artiste allemand Aram Bartholl signe un hommage à l’auteur des Mots, sans en écrire un seul. Ce QR code tracé au fusain, une fois scanné sur un smartphone, renvoie automatiquement vers les dix premières pages Google de la recherche «Jean-Paul Sartre». Aussitôt archivé et sans cesse actualisé, le visage du philosophe est sanctuarisé par l’information.

Alexis Jakubowicz et Jean-Brice Moutout Fondateurs de NonPrintingCharacter

http://www.liberation.fr/culture/2013/10/23/aram-bartholl_941821

Edward Snowden,  Google Portrait series shown at YIA art fair 2013, Paris with xpo gallery.

Google Portrait – Edward Snowden
charcoal on paper, 120 x 120 cm
2013

YIA ART FAIR / PARIS

Wat is Dada? – reaction piece I made for MOTI HOTEL

MOTI HOTEL September 28th 2013 until June 1st 2014 at the Museum of the Image, Breda, Netherlands – http://www.motimuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/current/moti-hotel/2199

MOTI, Museum of the Image, possesses a very unique collection, which provides the basics for the visual culture we live in. Therefore, the museum wants to show its historic collection in a special way, this fall.

MOTI will invite 20 international and national artists to be their guests in the rooms in MOTI HOTEL. Among these guests are Antoine Peters, Hendrik Vibskov, Piet Parra and Philips Design. All guests will react to highlights of MOTI’s collection. What will be done to the I Love New York-logo by Milton Glaser? What reaction will be given to Anthony Burrill’s Work Hard & be Nice To People? You will be able to see the answer in MOTI HOTEL!

The participating designers are: Aram Bartholl, Anthony Burrill, Juul Hondius, Noortje van Eekelen, Paula Scher, Akatre, Martijn Engelbregt, NL Architects, Pinar & Viola, Niels Schrader, Antoine Peters, Dawn, Maurer United, Honey & Bunny, Atelier Ted Noten, Harmen Liemburg, MVRDV, AKV|St.Joost, Pictoplasma, Herman van Bostelen and Lucky TV – Sander van de Pavert.

The public may choose three of their favourite new works from the exhibition. MOTI will purchase these three works to be part of the museum’s collection. Thus, because of this exciting exhibition, we expand our beautiful collection even further.

Interview I gave beginning of 2012 at my solo show ‘Reply All’  at DAM Gallery, Berlin published at http://querbinder.com/

Stefan Bast introduces 0,16 to a school class during a tour of ‘Hello World!‘  at Kasseler Kunstverein, October 2013.