Global Fax Festival: Arkestado por David Hammons
- Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2000
Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2000. All elements housed within thick plastic portfolio, with titles printed in red and black. Minor scuffing to portfolio; close to fine.. First Edition. Quarto. Catalogue published on the occasion of the elegant multimedia installation "arkestrated" by David Hammons for Madrid's Crystal Palace (Jun. 1–Nov. 6, 2000), in which incoming messages rained down from nine fax machines installed within the glass ceiling of the 19th century conservatory. Various contents: a [60] pp. brochure, fully-illustrated after black-and-white installation photographs, with exhibition credits published to verso of rear wrapper; a folded exhibition poster; a trifold brochure inviting participants with corresponding fax numbers; an invitation to the October 1st concert conducted by Butch Morris to animate the space; a CD documenting Morris' performance (Conduction #113, Interlight); and loose facsimiles of 300 specimen faxes that were transmitted and printed during the event.
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Title
Global Fax Festival: Arkestado por David Hammons
Author
HAMMONS, David
Condition
Fine
Publisher
Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Date
2000