Boothworks
2017

Single-channel digital video HD; black and white; sound; 16:9.
13’27”.

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Boothworks is a fictional documentary narrated from an uncertain future, describing the emergence of a new art form in the 2010s: the gallery booth as artistic medium and the art fair as its exhibition space. This “booth art” is presented as nomadic, portable, ephemeral and performative, seemingly resisting commodification. However, the narrator questions its relationship to capitalism, its social impact, and the institutional dynamics that supported these practices. The script is composed entirely of edited quotations from influential critics, curators and artists writing about conceptual and site-specific art since the 1960s, including Lucy Lippard, Miwon Kwon and Joseph Kosuth. The video combines this text with edited footage of art fairs and art events sourced online.

Credits:

Video excerpt and stills.
Installation view of the exhibition Boothworks, The Goma (Madrid, 2017).
Image: Roberto Ruiz.