Rirkrit Tiravanija | OCULA
Hans Ulrich Obrist (left) and Rirkrit Tiravanija (right)
Edited by Susan Acret
Tiravanija's first residency in 2013 took Charles Darwin's Tree of Life, which maps and names all biological life, as a starting point, while a residency in 2015 with Anri Sala, Tobias Rehberger, and Carsten Höller saw the four artists work collaboratively on collective works, using the premise of the exquisite corpse game as their impetus. The game was originally adopted by the Surrealists to collaboratively produce work and involves each participant taking turns writing or drawing on a sheet of paper, folding it to conceal his or her contribution, and then passing it to the next player for a further contribution.