Pierre Huyghe Livres

This publication is a survey of Pierre Huyghes practice of the last ten years. Seminal works are focused on, along with other works that were developped simultaneously. The first of these, THE HOST AND THE CLOUD (2009-2010), took place on a former museum in paris; UNTILLED (2012), which was developped during documenta (13); AFTER LIFE AHEAD (2017), was conceived in a disused ice rink as part of Skulptur Projekte Münster; UUMWELT (2018), which was installed first at the Serpentine Galleries in London, and later at Luma Arles, is the culmination of a ground-breaking approach to exhibitions. A conversation between Hans Ulrich Obrist, and an essay by Dorothea von Hantelmann, offer a comprehensive discussion of this period. Drawings, diagrams, plans, text and reference images, photographs and fill stills add to over 400 pages and make this an important reference book. Text: Dorothea von Hantelmann, Pierre Huyghe, Hans Ulrich Obrist A conversation between Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artist Director of the Serpentine Galleries, and an essay by art historian Dorothea von Hantelmann

No Ghost Just a Shell, a project around the virtual figure AnnLee on which 16 artists have worked. AnnLee is an 'Avatar', a virtual character originally designed for computer games. She was made in Japan for the Manga animated film industry. She was intended to be a third-rate character, one with few personality traits, designed to lead a brief life. In 1999 the French artists Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno bought the rights to her, gave her a name and initiated the project No Ghost Just a Shell. The plan was to fill the empty 'entity' AnnLee with stories and ideas, and to give her an identity and a life of her own. Huyghe and Parreno thought of a way of making animated films with her relatively cheaply and have offered AnnLee to other artists. The commission was: use AnnLee in your own work and at the same time contribute with us to her history. Bild- und Textbeiträge von: Henry Barande, Angele Bulloch/Imke Wagener, Francois Curlet, Lily Fleury, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzales-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Pierre Joseph/ Mehdi Belhaj-Kacem, M/M Paris (Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag), Melik Ohanian, Philippe Parreno, Richard Philips, Joe Scanlan, Rikrit Tiravanija, Anna Lena Vaney, Maurizio Lazzarato, Molly Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Israel Rosenfield, Maurice Pianzola, Jan Verwoert, Kathryn Davis, Jean-Claude Ameisen, Luc Saucier

The publication serves as both an artist book and a guide to the Okayama Art Summit 2019, featuring contributions from notable artists like Matthew Barney and Tino Sehgal. Curated by Pierre Huyghe, it offers a unique experience through selected texts and images that reflect the exhibition's themes. The book emphasizes the interplay of various artistic forms and processes, presenting the exhibition as a dynamic entity that influences its surroundings through invisible interactions and evolving relationships among the showcased works.