Dutch beaches were known to me as man-made territories, as part of various land reclamation projects. But I was also interested in the media reality of the Moon landing. I wanted to use that event as a measure of time, to see what had happened in those thirty years - which happens to be my lifetime as well. I was born in 1967 and I remember seeing the Moon landing on TV when I was two. All those things were in play. Then it became a big production. It took five months to gather up the goodwill and make it happen.
I find myself doing fieldwork physically, in the tradition of anthropology. I literally go to the opposite end of the world, to the most exotic faraw… - Aleksandra Mir
I find myself doing fieldwork physically, in the tradition of anthropology. I literally go to the opposite end of the world, to the most exotic faraw…
- Aleksandra Mir
"Naming Tokyo" kicked off at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in June, and it's going to travel to various art institutions for years to come. Every time… - Aleksandra Mir
"Naming Tokyo" kicked off at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in June, and it's going to travel to various art institutions for years to come. Every time…
The Stonehenge proposal got a lot of interesting criticism. One of the best - or worst - said something like, "Go home to Las Vegas." I think this pr… - Aleksandra Mir
The Stonehenge proposal got a lot of interesting criticism. One of the best - or worst - said something like, "Go home to Las Vegas." I think this pr…
Of course I can have a simple reaction of sympathy and sorrow to destruction. But you also know that you can't have new things if you don't occasiona… - Aleksandra Mir
Of course I can have a simple reaction of sympathy and sorrow to destruction. But you also know that you can't have new things if you don't occasiona…
I've gotten all kinds of reactions and it's been used in so many different ways. - Aleksandra Mir
I've gotten all kinds of reactions and it's been used in so many different ways.
Really the moment I decided I wanted to do art seriously, I left art school. I wanted to be with people who were interested in the same things I was:… - Aleksandra Mir
Really the moment I decided I wanted to do art seriously, I left art school. I wanted to be with people who were interested in the same things I was:…
My purpose isn't to be confrontational. My purpose is to find out about the world and play myself against it to the extent that it is even conceivabl… - Aleksandra Mir
My purpose isn't to be confrontational. My purpose is to find out about the world and play myself against it to the extent that it is even conceivabl…
Stonehenge had an aura but it was also just stone. Then in the sixties, it became a great hedonistic, hippie, druid, rock-n-roll party site. There ar… - Aleksandra Mir
Stonehenge had an aura but it was also just stone. Then in the sixties, it became a great hedonistic, hippie, druid, rock-n-roll party site. There ar…
Seeing your work go into storage in an art museum is obviously a tragedy of any cultural product - which doesn't mean I am anti-institutional. - Aleksandra Mir
Seeing your work go into storage in an art museum is obviously a tragedy of any cultural product - which doesn't mean I am anti-institutional.
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