Green Go Home
Hua International is pleased to present the Berlin edition of Green Go Home, a collaborative project initiated by the internationally acclaimed artists Tomas Vu and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Green Go Home continually modifies its mediums, manifesting differently each time that it occupies a new landscape. Conceived as a form of dynamic dialogue with the looming protests and civil unrest throughout the world today, this context-responsive undertaking brings together found images and evocative text that equally recall the fragmented language of self-actualization found on many social media platforms and the poetic, agit-prop of historical movements like the Situationist International. In the imagery itself, revolutionaries like Angela Davis rub shoulders with pop cultural figures such as David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, and Barbarella, or artists Frida Kahlo and Ana Mendieta, and scenes from films or a found photo of a historic beauty pageant. The grid of images takes on a polyphonic relationship to Tiravanija鈥檚 written statement, thereby interweaving layers of interpretation, readings, and misunderstandings.
With a conceptually- and socially-engaged artistic practice that intersects with notions related to place, care, and collaboration, Tiravanija鈥檚 works often seeks to build bridges and foster relationships between local collaborators. 鈥淗ome,鈥� he claims, 鈥渋s where we are more inspired, we function better, we have our stories, our memories, our politics and our real relationships.鈥� In the Berlin iteration of Green Go Home, the works of twelve Berlin-based artists take center stage, ranging from subtle personal interventions to more politically-charged contributions that directly react to local politics. Vu and Tiravanija have invited local artists they admire, both long-term colleagues and strangers, ranging from emerging artists to those with internationally-established careers. The walls of Green Go Home in Berlin are wheat pasted with Vu and Tiravanija鈥檚 silk screened 鈥渇igures鈥� on newsprint, quite literally providing a wallpaper for the invited artists to exhibit their work upon.
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Hua International is pleased to present the Berlin edition of Green Go Home, a collaborative project initiated by the internationally acclaimed artists Tomas Vu and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Green Go Home continually modifies its mediums, manifesting differently each time that it occupies a new landscape. Conceived as a form of dynamic dialogue with the looming protests and civil unrest throughout the world today, this context-responsive undertaking brings together found images and evocative text that equally recall the fragmented language of self-actualization found on many social media platforms and the poetic, agit-prop of historical movements like the Situationist International. In the imagery itself, revolutionaries like Angela Davis rub shoulders with pop cultural figures such as David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, and Barbarella, or artists Frida Kahlo and Ana Mendieta, and scenes from films or a found photo of a historic beauty pageant. The grid of images takes on a polyphonic relationship to Tiravanija鈥檚 written statement, thereby interweaving layers of interpretation, readings, and misunderstandings.
With a conceptually- and socially-engaged artistic practice that intersects with notions related to place, care, and collaboration, Tiravanija鈥檚 works often seeks to build bridges and foster relationships between local collaborators. 鈥淗ome,鈥� he claims, 鈥渋s where we are more inspired, we function better, we have our stories, our memories, our politics and our real relationships.鈥� In the Berlin iteration of Green Go Home, the works of twelve Berlin-based artists take center stage, ranging from subtle personal interventions to more politically-charged contributions that directly react to local politics. Vu and Tiravanija have invited local artists they admire, both long-term colleagues and strangers, ranging from emerging artists to those with internationally-established careers. The walls of Green Go Home in Berlin are wheat pasted with Vu and Tiravanija鈥檚 silk screened 鈥渇igures鈥� on newsprint, quite literally providing a wallpaper for the invited artists to exhibit their work upon.
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