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14 rooms

by Klaus Biesenbach, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Renata Catambas, Samuel Leuenberger

This volume documents an exhibition in which artists activated individual rooms to explore space, time, and physicality using human beings as their medium. It features contributions from Marina Abramović, Damien Hirst, and Yoko Ono.

Accession 11682 ISBN 9783775739153 Publisher Hatje Cantz
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