Santiago Sierra
Destroyed Words
1 pp., 16 x 90 cm. folded to 16 x 9 cm., accordion fold
Self-published, 2012
Edition size unknown
In 2012, Santiago Sierra commissioned the production and then destruction of three metre high letters in Australia, France, Austria, Papua New Guinea, Germany, New Zealand, Iceland, India, Holland, and Sweden. Each letter was produced from a material primary to the location's economy. Collectively, the individual letters spelled out the word “KAPITALISM.”
Destroyed Word followed other monumental text works such as Submission (2006-7), NO Global Tour (2009-12) and Burned Word (2012). The resulting piece was a 10 channel video installation which can be seen on Youtube, here.
“My aim is the destruction of capitalism, because it is a criminal system that is bringing humankind to the brink of extinction.”
- Santiago Sierra
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