Horvat, Vlatka and Etchells, Tim (2014) Rotten Days. [Art/Design Item]
Type of Research: | Art/Design Item |
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Creators: | Horvat, Vlatka and Etchells, Tim |
Description: | Rotten Days is a performative work based around a selection of provocative, often ill-humoured texts by artists Vlatka Horvat and Tim Etchells, painted daily on a wall of the exhibition space. Each text is displayed for only one day before being painted over and replaced with a new one – the change orchestrated through a simple daily action/performance carried out by a member of staff of the institution presenting the work, according to the artists’ schedule. The work – new statements and the accumulating traces of previous ones layered in a single designated area on the gallery wall – emphasizes the provisional nature of the ideas it proposes in language, drawing viewers into a direct relation with its slogans and messages, in equal measure blank, disconcerting, comical and playfully confrontational. The images shown are from the Rotterdam version of the project, where the work was presented in the context of "The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part of Something Else" at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, 2014. |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > Central Saint Martins |
Date: | 2014 |
Funders: | Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, The National Art Archive, Seoul, South Korea, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria |
Related Websites: | http://www.vlatkahorvat.com/portfolios/rotten-days/, http://rottendaysrott.tumblr.com/, http://timetchells.com/projects/rotten-days/, https://www.wdw.nl/en/our_program/exhibitions/the_part_in_the_story_where_a_part_becomes_a_part_of_something_else, https://www.museum-joanneum.at/en/kunsthaus-graz/exhibitions/exhibitions/events/event/1482/protections-2 |
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Related Exhibitions: | "The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part of Something Else" at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, "Protections: This is Not an Exhibition" at Kunsthaus Graz, Austria, "The Decisive Moments" at The National Art Archive, Seoul, South Korea |
Related Publications: | Protections: This is Not an Exhibition Reader ISBN 978-3-86560-172-8 |
Locations / Venues: | Location From Date To Date Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 22 May 2014 17 August 2014 The National Art Archive, Seoul, South Korea 17 October 2014 29 November 2014 Kunsthaus Graz, Austria 23 September 2006 22 October 2006 |
Material/Media: | Durational performance / installation |
Measurements or Duration of item: | Daily action, for the duration of the exhibition |
Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2019 10:37 |
Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2019 10:37 |
Item ID: | 14157 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/14157 |
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