Hello, all! Thanks for all the well wishes that everyone has sent, directly, via blog / email and otherwise. Tuesday was pretty much a blur, I landed in Munich at 10.40a local (4.40a eastern), the flight was fine, aside the impossibility to sleep thanks to an aisle seat. I'm very pleased I had nice neighbors and the company of my ipod, word seek (thanks, Aunt Julie!) and my lengthy Proust novels.
After getting through the airport I took a 4 hour train to Kassel, got settled in to the hotel, and collapsed. By now I think I'm adjusted to the time change, thankfully, I've got much to see in a short time. While in Kassel I am spending the majority of my time viewing Documenta XII, one of the foremost contemporary art exhibitions. I visited two of the four venues today, even that was way too much to be looking at. It becomes so draining, physically and mentally. My first and very breif impressions of the show so far are very difficult to make, nothing in the show is surprising, or shocking, for that matter. This edition of Documenta's stregth is that the work included in the show is arranged in such a way that there is no reason to put one work next to another, aside from strict spatial requirements. The works are allowed to create their own correalations and contexts with one another, as visitors are asked by the artistic director and curator to do the same. There are no neatly packaged answers to what art is, according to this show, rather a reinforcement of the inability to define art.
More Documenta tomorrow, and pictures, I promise!
All my best,
AM
2 comments:
Hi Alisha!
Sounds like you're having fun on your whirlwind tour; can't wait to see the pix! :)
Hi Lish,
You are welcome for the word seek books, I told you they would come in handy!! Miss you around the house here. Have fun!! Don't forget to buy me something cool!!
Love you!!!
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