TINO SEGAL at the Guggenheim

ON THE BUS YESTERDAY I MET AN ART HISTORY PROFESSOR, WHO HAD JUST PARTICIPATED IN TINO SEHGAL'S PIECE CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE AT THE GUGGENHIEM MUSEUM OF ART. IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH CONVERSATIONS ON PROGRESS AND WAS PARTIALLY STAGED BUT NOT SCRIPTED WITH INTERACTIONS THAT INVOLVED MUSEUM VISITORS. A CHILD WOULD ASK A MUSEUM VISITOR A QUESTION, "WHAT IS PROGRESS?"THE CHILD WOULD THEN SHARE THE RESPONSE WITH AN ADOLESCENT. A YOUNG ADULT WOULD LISTEN IN ON THE CONVERSATION AND WOULD THEN TRANSMIT THE IDEA TO AN OLDER ADULT. . . EACH PART WOULD TAKE PLACE ON ANOTHER LEVEL OF THE MUSEUM.

Tino Sehgal

"THERE’S TOO MUCH STUFF IN THE WORLD—THAT’S THE CONTENTION OF TINO SEHGAL. SO THE BERLIN-BASED ARTIST CONSTRUCTS EXPERIENCES, NOT OBJECTS, THAT CAN NEVERTHELESS BE BOUGHT AND SOLD. IN ADVANCE OF HIS UPCOMING SOLO SHOW AT THE GUGGENHEIM, SEHGAL GIVES AN INSIDE LOOK AT HIS UNORTHODOX METHODS".
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