Giselle's Books

SWARM

Inventory

19.10.2024
The Salon by NADA & The Community  ·  Paris

Giselle’s Books presents a reactivation of a historical work by the British collective Inventory. Swarm was first introduced as an installation in 1999 during CRASH! Corporatism & Complicity, a group exhibition at London’s Institute of Contemporary Art. It consists of a body of fifty adhesive prints of propaganda, rants and calls to protest, which are expected to be gradually removed from the exhibition space and scattered in the streets. 

Swarm is particularly representative of Inventory’s practice, which is concerned with discursive art forms, usually deployed through texts and essays, as in their eponymous journal published between 1995 and 2005.

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Giselle's Books présente une réactivation d'une œuvre historique du collectif britannique Inventory. Swarm a été présentée pour la première fois sous forme d'installation en 1999 lors de CRASH ! Corporatism & Complicity, une exposition collective à l'Institute of Contemporary Art de Londres. Il s'agit d'un ensemble de cinquante impressions adhésives contenant de la propagande, des râles et des appels à la protestation, qui progressivement retirées de l'espace d'exposition et dispersées dans les rues.

Swarm est particulièrement représentatif de la pratique d'Inventory, qui s'intéresse aux formes d'art discursif, généralement déployées par le biais de textes et d'essais, comme dans leur journal éponyme publié entre 1995 et 2005.

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Swarm, 1999-2024 by Inventory, presented by Giselle's Books at The Salon by NADA & The Community, Paris, 19.10.2024.
Swarm, 1999-2024 by Inventory, presented by Giselle's Books at The Salon by NADA & The Community, Paris, 19.10.2024.
Swarm, 1999-2024 by Inventory, presented by Giselle's Books at The Salon by NADA & The Community, Paris, 19.10.2024.
Swarm (detail), 1999-2024 by Inventory, presented by Giselle's Books at The Salon by NADA & The Community, Paris, 19.10.2024.

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