Ryan Gander I'm never coming back to London again, 2017
Animatronics, Euro notes, plaster, speaker, audio file
Dimensions variable
Edition of 1 plus 1 artist's proof
I'm never coming back to London again is an iteration of Ryan Gander’s animatronic works set in a wall. In this particular example, Euro banknotes of the denomination of 20 are set in a 'mouse hole' broken in the gallery wall, close to the floor. Dust and pieces of plaster are scattered below the hole as if it was punched through just a moment ago. The robotics of the work slightly moves the banknotes, and the speaker plays an mp3 file with rustling sound. The resulting effect suggests that there might be a small animal, perhaps a rodent behind it, or hints to another imaginary, playful scenario.
Ryan Gander’s œuvre evokes fictional spaces, institutions and figures. His work is extremely varied, unified more by a conceptual vision than by formal appearance. It often combines fictional presence and absences, creating objects that refer to events, other absent objects, art works or persons, both real and imaginary. The voids or absences, evoked by the suggestion of missing items either named, delineated or circumscribed by traces, act as witty, sometimes lyrical invocations of the power of imagination. His attention is often focused on the playfulness and imagination of children, which is often more expansive and less restrictive than adult behavior, less encumbered by “reality”, facts and appearances.
WORKS IN THE SERIES:
I'm never coming back to New York again, 2016 (GB Pounds)
I'm never coming back to London again, 2017 (Euros)
I'm never coming back to Osaka again, 2017 (Yens)
I'm never coming back to Paris again, 2019 (Swiss Francs)
I'm never coming back to Oslo again, 2020 (US Dollars)
I'm never coming back to Geneva again, 2020 (Rubles)
I'm never coming back to Melbourne again, 2020 (Danish krone)
I'm never coming back to Copenhagen again, 2020 (HK Dollars)
I'm never coming back to Shanghai again, 2020 (Rupees)
INSTALLATION SPECIFICATIONS:
– Installation requires one art handler, one construction worker and one electrician and takes approximately one day.
COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN SALE:
– Work components: animatronics, three Euro notes of the denomination of 20, tube to be recessed into the wall with a speaker, mp3 file
– installation manual
– Certificate of authenticity.
COMPONENTS NOT INCLUDED IN SALE:
– Space conditioning.
Ryan Gander’s œuvre evokes fictional spaces, institutions and figures. His work is extremely varied, unified more by a conceptual vision than by formal appearance. It often combines fictional presence and absences, creating objects that refer to events, other absent objects, art works or persons, both real and imaginary. The voids or absences, evoked by the suggestion of missing items either named, delineated or circumscribed by traces, act as witty, sometimes lyrical invocations of the power of imagination. His attention is often focused on the playfulness and imagination of children, which is often more expansive and less restrictive than adult behavior, less encumbered by “reality”, facts and appearances.
WORKS IN THE SERIES:
I'm never coming back to New York again, 2016 (GB Pounds)
I'm never coming back to London again, 2017 (Euros)
I'm never coming back to Osaka again, 2017 (Yens)
I'm never coming back to Paris again, 2019 (Swiss Francs)
I'm never coming back to Oslo again, 2020 (US Dollars)
I'm never coming back to Geneva again, 2020 (Rubles)
I'm never coming back to Melbourne again, 2020 (Danish krone)
I'm never coming back to Copenhagen again, 2020 (HK Dollars)
I'm never coming back to Shanghai again, 2020 (Rupees)
INSTALLATION SPECIFICATIONS:
– Installation requires one art handler, one construction worker and one electrician and takes approximately one day.
COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN SALE:
– Work components: animatronics, three Euro notes of the denomination of 20, tube to be recessed into the wall with a speaker, mp3 file
– installation manual
– Certificate of authenticity.
COMPONENTS NOT INCLUDED IN SALE:
– Space conditioning.
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