Tiravanija, Rirkrit; Parreno, Philippe; Herrmann, Matthias; Spiegl, Andreas

Rirkrit Tiravanija: Secession

      Koln: Walther Konig, 2003. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket 6 1/2 x 8 7/8. A record, in text and photos, of a unique art event inspired by the Schindler house in Kings Road, LA. Two months in summer 2002 of an open house for art shows, DJ sessions, film screenings, workshops and communal living forming in a strange chrome and cube mattresses emerging space, an attempt to negate the domesticating inside-outside aspect of exising space (i.e. home living. ) Interviews by Parreneo and Hermann and an essay by Spiegl. The back of title page is a xerox of a conversation between Tiravanija and Hans Ulrich Obrist, underlined and annotated by Herrman, president of the project. White wraps, lettered in black with a glossy photographic DJ of the space. A small bump to bottom spine. Clean, unmarked contents. A nice record of an interesting conceptual art event which, judging by the images of the children attending, was quite fun.