documenta 12 – 2 examples

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s giant ghost sculpture in Kassel, Germany

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading

The Importance of Telepathy is Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s 2012 sculpture for documenta 12 which he worked on in collaboration with his fellow colleague Chai Siris. The public art exhibit was on display in the Orangerie garden in Kassel during the documenta, an art event that takes place every five years. Sitting idly in the lush garden, […]

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Thai artist Sakarin Krue-On failed miserably, or did he not?

In 2007, Thai artist Sakarin Krue-On attempted to transform the park in front of a castle in Kassel, Germany, into a 7.000sqm terraced rice field. For this project, Krue-On and his Thai team tried to dispense the use of machines as much as possible while relying on traditional methods, using simple devices such as spades