Regarded as one of the most influential artists of his generation, Parisian Christian Boltanski – who considers himself a poet advocate for the dispossessed – has pretty much mastered every medium from sculpture, photography and painting through to film and installation. The luminary will visit Australia in January to present a site-specific installation at Carriageworks as part of Sydney Festival 2014.
CHANCE will recreate an epic newspaper press comprising piping, scaffolding and computer screens. In keeping with Boltanski’s thematic focus on morality, the installation will enact the rhythm of birth and deaths across the globe through a moving filmstrip of real-time announcement from around the world that will culminate at midnight every evening in a tallied summary.
Head to Sydney Festival for more details.
