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World is a collection of 3,OQO small-format
photographs displayed on a specially fabricated
90-foot long light table. The encyclopedic
collection of images~f cities, jungles, deserts,
airports, stadiums, monuments, mountains, and
tropical beaches, from all over the world-is
comprised of photographs taken by the artists
over the past fifteen years. The photographs
include images of well-known monuments like the
Eiffel Tower, the Coliseum and the Golden Gate
Bridge as welI as seemingly banal images of city
streets, gardens, tropical sunsets and apartment
buildings. Questions includes a
three-part slide installation, consisting of 243
handwritten questions, with three questions
projected at a time. Beneath the projection sits
a miniature bed, hand-carved in polyurethane.
Each set of questions slowly dissolves into the
next. The questions range from the profound to
the trivial. Examples include: "Can I
restore my innocence?," "Why does the
earth turn around once a day?," "Does a
hidden tunnel lead directly to the kitchen?"
and "Does a ghost drive my car around at
night?"
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Fischli and Weiss
February - April 2002
Courtesy: Matthew Marks Gallery |
