十四個房間

Live art by 14 celebrated international artists presented during Art Basel

Fondation Beyeler， Art Basel and Theater Basel are delighted to announce ‘14 Rooms’， a major liveart exhibition to be staged in Basel from June 14 to 22， 2014. Curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Hans Ulrich Obrist， the exhibition will feature performative works by artists including Marina Abramovi， Jennifer Allora Guillermo Calzadilla， Ed Atkins， Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster， Damien Hirst， Joan Jonas， Laura Lima， Bruce Nauman， Otobong Nkanga， Roman Ondák， Yoko Ono， Tino Sehgal， Santiago Sierra， and Xu Zhen. Two more works join the architectural environment conceived by Herzog de Meuron. Jordan Wolfson’s acting as an epilogue， John Baldessari’s as an archival documentation. Both challenge the very notions of live art and the human experience as set out for ’14 Rooms’.

Curators Klaus Biesenbach， Director of MoMA PS1 and Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art， and Hans Ulrich Obrist， Co-director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery， have invited 14 international artists to each activate a room， exploring the relationship between space， time and physicality with an artwork whose ’material’ is a human being. Giving visitors an insight into a more performative and interactive practice， visitors will encounter a new situation within each of the 14 rooms， engaging in a diverse series of immersive and intimate experiences.

Conceived specifically for Basel， Ed Atkins， Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Otobong Nkanga will create new works for the show. Alongside these world premieres， historical piece by artists such as Bruce Nauman and Yoko Ono will be presented for the first time at 14 Rooms and other rarely seen works by acclaimed artists from around the world will be brought to Basel.

‘14 Rooms’ will include Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla’s ’Revolving Door’ （2011）， in which a group of dancers spontaneously form a line and begin to rotate around the room in a circular motion， sweeping up visitors as they move around the space.

In his exploration of social boundaries and sociocultural inequalities， Santiago Sierra places a succession of war veterans， from varied past conflicts， standing facing one corner of a 5-5-meter room and instructed to only move from their post once solemnly replaced by another veteran mimicking the changing of the guard.

Damien Hirst’s important early work ’Hans， Georg’（1992）， consisting of a rotating cast of identical twins sitting below two of his own identical dot paintings， will be restaged at the show under a new title.

Marina Abramovi’s ’Luminosity’ （1997） places a performer on a bicycle seat fixed onto a wall bathed in bright light， exploring themes of loneliness and spiritual elevation.

Roman Ondák’s ’Swap’ （2011） asks a performer to choose an object as they sit behind a table， and when visitors enter the room they are then able to swap the object with anything else they are willing to exchange， while in Chinese artist Xu Zhen’s ’In Just a Blink of an Eye’ （2005） a body floats in mid-air as if frozen， defying both time and gravity， and making the audience question reality and reflect on the work’s seeming impossibility.

Artists and the curators will be attending the opening of the exhibition.

While the artists themselves are not present in these works， they instruct performers on how to act out their specifications， resulting in over 70 performers -primarily from the Basel regio- taking part in the exhibition. ‘14 Rooms’ will be staged in Hall 3 of Messe Basel in walking distance from Messeplatz. The exhibition will open to the public ahead of Art Basel on Saturday， June 14 and will stay open until Sunday， June 22.

‘14 Rooms’ is a collaboration between Fondation Beyeler， Art Basel and Theater Basel， and will be accompanied by an education program conceived and run by Fondation Beyeler.

Originally commissioned as ‘11 Rooms’ by Manchester International Festival， the International Arts Festival RUHRTRIENNALE 2012-2014 and Manchester Art Gallery， the project was shown as ‘11 Rooms’ at Manchester International Festival in July 2011， as ‘12 Rooms’ at the International Arts Festival RUHRTRIENNALE 2012-2014 and as ‘13 Rooms’ by Kaldor Public Art Projects at Pier 2/3 in Sydney’s Walsh Bay in April 2013. For each edition， the artists About Fondation Beyeler Inaugurated in 1997 and set in an idyllic park， the museum is the work of the star architect Renzo Piano. The Fondation Beyeler owes its special appeal to its combination of a world class collection comprising 250 masterpieces of modern， contemporary and ethnographic art， fascinating architecture， beautiful natural surroundings and temporary exhibitions of modern and contemporary art that match the highest international standards. Current and upcoming exhibitions and cooperations： Gerhard Richter， 14 Rooms， Alexander Calder， Gustave Courbet， Peter Doig. For further information please visit： fondationbeyeler.ch

About Art Basel Art Basel stages the world’s premier art shows for Modern and contemporary works， sited in Basel， Miami Beach， and Hong Kong. Defined by its host city and region， each show is unique， which is reflected in its participating galleries， artworks presented， and the content of parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition. In addition to ambitious stands featuring leading galleries from around the world， each show’s singular exhibition sectors spotlight the latest developments in the visual arts， offering visitors new ideas， new inspiration and new contacts in the art world. Art Basel’s Lead Partner is UBS. For further information please visit： artbasel.com

About Theater Basel The Theater Basel is Switzerland’s largest multipurpose theatre. Situated in the trinational metropolitan region it offers a broad and challenging programme of opera， drama， and ballet， as well as productions for children and young people. In the acting and musical theatre section， Theater Basel intends on promoting classical and traditional works as it is to present contemporary plays and modern opera and musical theatre including world premieres and German and Swiss debut performances to offer a wide variety and excitement in the repertoire. The Theater Basel offers a platform for experimental projects and is also keen to encourage young talents. It stands for a theatre with a local base and far reaching connections， lively， enthralling， traditional and innovative. For further information please visit： theater-basel.ch

貝耶勒基金會美術館（Fondation Beyeler）、巴塞爾藝術展（Art Basel）和巴塞爾劇院（Basel Theater）非常榮幸地宣布，將于2014年6月14日至22日期間在巴塞爾舉行名為《14個房間》的大型現場藝術展覽。展覽由克勞斯·比森巴赫（Klaus Biesenbach）與漢斯·烏爾里克·奧布萊斯特（Hans Ulrich Obrist）聯合策劃，將呈現由包括瑪麗娜·阿布拉莫維奇（Marina Abramovic）、珍妮弗·阿洛拉與吉列爾莫·卡爾薩迪利亞（Jennifer AlloraGuillermo Calzadilla）、埃德·阿特金斯（Ed Atkins）、多米尼克·岡薩雷斯-弗爾斯特（Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster）、達米安·赫斯特（Damien Hirst）、胡安·喬納斯（Joan Jonas）、勞拉·利馬（Laura Lima）、布魯斯·瑙曼（Bruce Nauman）、奧托邦·尼康佳（Otobong Nkanga）、羅曼·歐達科（Roman Ondák）、小野洋子（Yoko Ono）、提諾·賽格爾（Tino Sehgal）、圣地亞哥·西耶拉（Santiago Sierra）、和徐震的作品。另有兩件作品加入到由赫爾佐格和德梅隆（Herzog de Meuron）親自操刀的設計里，以喬丹·沃爾夫森（Jordan Wolfson）的作品為結語，以約翰· 巴爾代薩里（John Baldessari）的作品為文獻記錄。兩者都挑戰了現場藝術以及人之體驗的概念，這也是《14個房間》開啟的探索。

美國PS1當代藝術博物館（MOMA PS1）的總監、當代藝術博物館的首席策展人克勞斯·比森巴赫（Klaus Biesenbach），與英國蛇形畫廊的展覽和項目部聯合總監兼國際項目總監漢斯·烏爾里克·奧布萊斯特（Hans Ulrich Obrist）聯合邀請了14名國際藝術家參與到作品中。每個藝術家被邀請負責激活一個房間，以“人”為素材，探索時間、空間和物質性的關系。《14個房間》給了參觀者一次深度洞察表演性和交互性實踐的機會，每一個房間都會帶給觀者不同的情境，共同構成一系列多樣性的、深度沉浸式的親身體驗。

埃德·阿特金斯（Ed Atkins）、多米尼克·岡薩雷斯-弗爾斯特（Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster）和奧托邦·尼康佳（Otobong Nkanga）特別為這次在巴塞爾的展覽創作了新作品，各地享負盛名的藝術家，如布魯斯·瑙曼（Bruce Nauan）和小野洋子（Yoko Ono）等，也將帶來了別具歷史價值、難得一見的作品參展。……