Jorge Otero-Pailos: The Ethics of Dust
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009
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Published on the occasion of the presentation of The Ethics of Dust: Doge's Palace, Venice at the 53rd International Art Exhibition / Biennale di Venezia, 2009.The Ethics of Dust: Doge's Palace, Venice was commissioned and produced by TBA21.
The Ethics of Dust: Doge's Palace, Venice, is an installation resulting from the experimental preservation of the pollution accumulated on the Doge's Palace of Venice. Traditionally, only the intentional products of human labor, such as art or architecture, have been considered part of our cultural heritage. Pollution is a formless byproduct that was never intentionally shaped; yet it is perhaps our civilization's most significant cultural product. Jorge Otero-Pailos' preservation of pollution expands the notion of world heritage to include our unintentional outputs.
The book includes text contributions Daniel Birnbaum, Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, Thordis Arrhenius, Daniel A. Barber, Valeria Burgio, Dorota Chudzicka, Lorenzo Fusi, David Gissen, Caroline A. Jones, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Adam Phillips, Raqs Media Collective, Mark Wigley.