Sunday, April 1, 2018

Santiago Sierra | Destroyed Words






Santiago Sierra
Destroyed Words
1 pp., 16 x 90 cm. folded to 16 x 9 cm., accordion fold
Self-published, 2012
Edition size unknown

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.”

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