2. MORE COLLISION
3. CULTIVATING THE LOOPS
4. CONCLUSION
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1. THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF COLLISION
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PROTON / PROTON COLLISION @ CERN
EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION
FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH
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LET US COLLIDE ART
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CLAES OLDENBURG & COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN - DROPPED CONE
KÖLN / 2001 / SITE SPECIFIC ART
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RICHARD SERRA - TILTED ARC
FOLEY FEDERAL PLAZA, NEW YORK / 1981 / SCULPTURE
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ONE PERSON STATED:
"EVERY TIME I PASS THIS SO-CALLED SCULPTURE I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE IT.
THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, OR WHOEVER APPROVED THIS,
THIS GOES BEYOND THE REALM OF STUPIDITY. THIS GOES INTO EVEN WORSE THAN INSANITY.
I THINK AN INSANE PERSON WOULD SAY, ‘HOW CRAZY CAN YOU BE TO PAY $175,000 FOR
THAT RUSTED METAL WALL?' YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE INSANE-MORE THAN INSANE."
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WOLFGANG BELTRACHI - LA FORET(2) / FORGED PAINTING, 2004
SOLD AS: MAX ERNST - LA FORET(2) - 1927
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BEAUTIFUL. THIS $7 MILLION DOLLAR FAKE MAX ERNST IS BEING
SHIPPED BACK TO NEW YORK. ITS OWNER DECIDED TO KEEP IT EVEN
AFTER IT HAD BEEN EXPOSED AS A FAKE. HE SAID IT’
ONE OF THE BEST MAX ERNSTS HE’S EVER SEEN.
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SPIEGEL: YOUR CAMPENDONK FORGERIES, FOR EXAMPLE,
LED TO AN EXPLOSION IN PRICES FOR HIS PAINTINGS ON THE ART MARKET.
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BELTRACCHI: PRICES TRIPLED. THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH MAX
PECHSTEIN AND MAX ERNST. HIS WIDOW DOROTHEA TANNING, AN ARTIST
IN HER OWN RIGHT, SAID THAT ONE OF MY FORGERIES WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
MAX ERNST PAINTING SHE HAD EVER SEEN. THE TRICK IS TO PAINT A
PICTURE THAT DOESN’T EXIST, AND YET THAT FITS PERFECTLY INTO AN
ARTIST’S BODY OF WORK.
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THOMAS HIRSCHHORN - SWISS SWISS DEMOCRACY
CENTRE CULTUREL SUISSE, PARIS / 2006
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AT THE CORE OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS THE RUMOR THAT DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF
AN ACTOR HAD URINATED ON A POSTER DEPICTING BLOCHER AND VOMITED INTO A VOTING BOX .
OF COURSE, THIS NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED – SOME OBSERVERS STATED THAT THE ACTOR
ONLY MADE AN ALLUSION TO THESE GESTURES, AND SOME SAY THAT NOTHING AT ALL HAPPENED,
BUT THE MEDIA AND THEN THE POLITICIANS IMMEDIATELY REDUCED THE
ENTIRE EXHIBITION TO THE IDEA THAT HIRSCHHORN WAS ATTACKING
THE SWISS DEMOCRACY. IN SHORT, THE OPINION DOMINATED, THAT THE ARTISTS
WAS VIOLATING THE INNERMOST VALUES OF THE SWISS IDENTITY AND THAT
PRO HELVETIA HAD TO BE PUNISHED BECAUSE IT FUNDED THE PROVOCATION.
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DIE EIDGENÖSSISCHEN RÄTE HATTEN AUS VERÄRGERUNG ÜBER THOMAS HIRSCHHORNS
AUSSTELLUNG «SWISS-SWISS DEMOCRACY» IM CENTRE CULTUREL SUISSE
IN PARIS, DER PRO HELVETIA EINE MILLION AUS DEM BUDGET GESTRICHEN.
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2. MORE COLLISION
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WE SETUP SHOWS, HAPPENINGS, PERFORMANCES AND
LECTURES WISELY AS OUR ZONE OF IMPACT !
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MAURIZIO CATTELAN - LA NONA ORA - 1999
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WE EXPOSE OUR ARTWORKS AND OURSELVES TO CONTROVERSY AND CRITICS.
WE CREATE DISCONTENT, WE ARE SUBLIME AND RAW WE CREATE
BOREDOM, JOY, CONFLICT, GOOSEBUMPS, HAPPINESS,
LAUGHTER AND TEARS
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RAFFAEL - LA SCUOLA DI ATENE (EMOJI EDIT) - 1510 –1511 / 2016
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SHORT: WE LET OUR ARTWORKS COLLIDE
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3. CULTIVATING THE LOOPS
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WE CHECK OUR COLLISIONS, WE CHECK WHAT REMAINS INTACT
WE CHECK WHAT CHANGED THE CONTEXT, THE NOTION,
THE FORM, THE FUNCTION.
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WE COLLECT AND REACT ON FEEDBACK, WE CULTIVATE THE LOOPS,
WE WRITE BOOKS AND ABSTRACTS AND WE RE-DEFINE ART
AND THE ARTWORKS AGAIN AND AGAIN.
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WE REPEAT AND REPEAT AND REPEAT AND REPEAT AND REPEAT.
WE START THE WHOLE MESS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
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OLIVIER ROSSEL - TOPOLOGIE DES SEDICI VERLAGES - INFOGRAFIK - 2016
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4. CONCLUSION
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WE - THE ARTISTS - DEFINE
WHAT THE CONTEXT OF OUR
ARTWORKS IS ALL ABOUT.
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FOR NOW, I SUGGEST TO ADD
THIS CITY, THIS STREET, THIS BUILDING, THE ADMINISTRATOR ULRICH ROTH AG,
THE OWNERS AXA WINTERTHUR VERSICHERUNGEN THE CURATORS, THE SPONSORS,
THE FUNDERS FROM KUNSTVEREIN & CENTRE PASQUART, KUNO & THE CREW FROM NIDAUGASSELEIST,
THE COOK JAN TACKLE, THE AUDIENCE (YOU) TO THE CONTEXT OF MY LECTURE AS AN ARTWORK.
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I ALSO SUGGEST TO ADD THE SILENT, THE ABSENT AND
THE DILETANTES, THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN INVITED.
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THE ONES WHO CAME BY DURING THE WEEK I HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE,
INCLUDING THE ALBNIAN GUY, WHO WANTED TO SELL ME HIS COUSINS PAINTINGS.
AND THE MAN RAJAH FROM SRI LANKA, WHO USED TO BE A TANMIL-TIGER-FIGHTER.
AND WHO READ THE HANDS OF BENJAMIN SCOTONI, LAURENT GÜEDEL, OF ME AND
OF HIMSELF TO TELL US THAT WE ARE ALL NOT THAT GOOD BUSINESSMEN.
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I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NEIGHBOURS AND FLATMATES,
THE ONES IN THE NON-GLAM-ZONE, JUST 50m DOWN THE ROAD.
IN THEIR SMALL AND TINY FLATS, THE POWERLESS, THE WOORKING POOR, THE FUGITIVES
AND THE MARGINAL TO THIS VERY CONTEXT HERE TOO.
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I THINK WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE
AND RETHINK THE USE OF @LÜTHI AND OTHER
DE- & RE-CONTEXTUALIZED BUILDINGS
OUTSIDE THE ART & ECONOMIC CONTEXT .
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WE ALL HAVE TO ZOOM OUT,
WE HAVE TO DE-FOCUS, WE HAVE TO CONCENTRATE LESS
WE HAVE TO BE PRESENT AND WE HAVE
TO BE WILLING TO COLLIDE.
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CONSIDERING AKTION SATELLITE AS AN ART PROJECT AND CONSIDERING
MY WORK AS AN ARTISTS AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF
THE SPECULATION OF THIS SPACE @ LÜTHI,
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I HEREBY CONCLUDE, THAT ME, MYSELF & I, SHOULD PROVIDE ART AS A
METHOD OF NEGOTIATION FOR THIS PLACE HERE.
AS A TERMINAL ACT @LÜTHI ZWISCHENNUTZUNG,
I, OLIVIER ROSSEL , WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
A MOMENT OF JOY WITH YOU.
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I CREATE HERE & NOW,
THE AGENCY FOR
LESS CONCENTRATION AND FOR MORE COLLISION.
CALLED LECOMOCO !
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(THE OFFICIAL LOGO, AS PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED ON INSTAGRAM)
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DEAR MISTER ROTH, DEAR KUNSTVEREIN BIEL,
DEAR CENTRE PASQUART AND DEAR NIDAUGASSLEIST,
I HEREBY TRADE MY EFFORTS MADE IN CREATING THIS ARTWORK, THIS LECTURE HERE,
AND REGARDING THE ECONOMIC & SOCIAL SITUATION OF THE ROOM I AM SPEAKING IN
FOR SOME OF YOUR GOODS.
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I WANT TO USE THIS SPACE HERE !
ALL ROOMS: THE GROUND FLOOR, THE UG & THE TOP FLOORS
AS THE HEADQUARTERS OF MY AGENCY.
FREE OF CHARGE & HEATED,
INCLUDING ELECTRICITY, WATER & WIRELESS INTERNET.
UNTIL MY DEATH,
OR AT MAXIMUM,
FOR THE NEXT
99 YEARS.
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PLEASE SEND YOUR
ANSWER TO :
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LECOMOCO
AGENCY FOR
LESS CONCENTRATION, MORE COLLISION
GENERAL DUFOUR STRASSE 17
CH-2502 BIEL/BIENNE
SWITZERLAND
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