Philippe Parreno, Bioreactor. Bioreactor and probes: peristaltic pump, scales, air compressor, air filter, silicon tubing and fitting, electric devices, servo controller, Plexiglas box Bioreactor: 50 × 50 × 62 cm, overall dimensions: 215 × 250 × 150 cm
Exhibition view: Philippe Parreno, Gropius Bau, Berlin, 2018
Photo © Andrea Rossetti
As part of the Collateral Events of the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Elsewhen has been produced in the framework of the Fondation Louis Vuitton “Hors-lesmurs” programme. This programme, inaugurated in 2014, showcases previously unseen holdings of the Collection in the Espaces Louis Vuitton in Tokyo, Munich, Beijing and Venice, thus realizing the Fondation’s commitment to mount international projects and make them accessible to a broader public.
In Elsewhen, Philippe Parreno creates an experience where memory of the past comes together in a disruptive temporality. The familiar markers of perception are annihilated in favour of a stimulating process of inventing new ways of understanding, defying rational categories and the established order.