Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World (2013)
By Philippe Parreno
From objectless exhibition to exhibition as object, Philippe Parreno approaches his exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo as an artwork in its own right. Within this framework, he transforms the venue into a poetic space, straddling both the real and the virtual. The artist reinvents the Palais de Tokyo into a veritable theatre of memory, whose structure reveals the different strata of its history. He turns to different architectural and scenographic techniques that suggest new possibilities for the building - walls, ceilings, floors, lighting, and sound; the entire structure is reinterpreted and reconceived. Parreno creates a perceptual dramaturgy that opens new ways of occupying the building’s spaces, gives new functions to its rooms, and initiates novel encounters between the artworks and the architecture. This recasting of the building, an operation expertly orchestrated by the artist, in collaboration with set designer Randall Peacock and sound designer Nicolas Becker, guides the visitor through the space using visual and sonic effects. Movements from Stravinsky’s Petrushka act as the soundtrack to the path he proposes to visitors, who can encounter the ghost of Marilyn Monroe,…
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