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By the Means at Hand

Vlatka Horvat - By the Means at Hand
By the Means at Hand offers a look into Vlatka Horvat's eponymous project, presented at the Pavilion of Croatia at the 60th International Art Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia in 2024.
Horvat invited some 200 international artists—friends and friends of friends, all living "as foreigners" in different countries around the world—to exchange small-scale artworks with her, all made for the occasion. For every work she received, Vlatka sent to each artist a collage from the series she was making while in residence in Venice, using images of the city she has taken on her daily walks. All the artworks travelled to Venice and back via informal transport networks; in bags and suitcases of friends, acquaintances, and sometimes strangers enlisted as couriers for the project. 
Breaking the frame of the traditional exhibition catalogue, the publication mirrors the evolving nature of the work through a combination of documentation, dialogue, and reflections on the process. The book frames the project through exhibition images by photographer Hugo Glendinning, as well as through Horvat's extraordinary collage series at the heart of the project.
Vlatka Horvat (born 1974 in Croatia, lives and works in London) is an artist working across forms and media—from sculpture, installation, collage, and photography to performance, video, writing, and publishing. Her work is presented internationally in a variety of contexts—in museums and galleries, theatre and dance festivals, and in public space.
Edited by Vlatka Horvat, Antonia Majaca, Kate Sutton.
Texts by Ivana Bago, Anne Boyer, Tim Etchells, Vlatka Horvat, Antonia Majaca, Massimiliano Mollona, Harun Morrison, Lara Pawson, Emily Pethick, Noémie Solomon, What, How & for Whom/WHW.
 
2025 (publication expected by 4th quarter)
English edition
22 x 27,2 cm
368 pages (ill.)
 
25.00
 
ISBN : 978-3-949973-76-5
EAN : 9783949973765
 
forthcoming


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