“I think the optimal artwork is in constant circulation with the world around itself.” Quote by Aleksandra Mir
“Seeing your work go into storage in an art museum is obviously a tragedy of any cultural product - which doesn't mean I am anti-institutional.” MeanArtSeeingProductsTragedyMuseumsStorage Author:Aleksandra Mir
“"Naming Tokyo" kicked off at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in June, and it's going to travel to various art institutions for years to come. Every time it is shown, I'm developing the research and involving more and more people in it. The final conclusion of the work would eventually be to put up street signs in Tokyo with my names on them.” PeopleYearsArtNamesStreetsResearchInstitutionsFinalsVariousConclusionDevelopingParisJuneInvolvingTokyo Author:Aleksandra Mir
“I'm so extremely well prepared for negative response, I've taken precautions.” WellsTakenNegativePreparedResponsePrecaution Author:Aleksandra Mir
“Of course, I'd welcome protest. Good criticism is hard to find.” HardCoursesCriticismWelcomeProtest Author:Aleksandra Mir
“My purpose isn't to be confrontational. My purpose is to find out about the world and play myself against it to the extent that it is even conceivable.” WorldPlayPurpose Author:Aleksandra Mir
“The Stonehenge proposal got a lot of interesting criticism. One of the best - or worst - said something like, "Go home to Las Vegas." I think this project could possibly be realized at a very late part of my career. Right now, I don't have the authority, the budget, the credibility.” ThinkingSaidHomeInterestingCareersWorstRight NowAuthorityProjectsLateCriticismBudgetsCredibilityProposalVegasLas VegasStonehenge Author:Aleksandra Mir
“I'm completely uninterested in the origins of Stonehenge. I don't care about the real story behind it or whether it should be saved or not. What I'm interested in is this: in the Victorian era, you could go there as an early cultural tourist and you were given a chisel to chip off a bit of the stones and take it with you. That's what you did in Victorian times.” ShouldRealStoriesCareGivenBitsBehindsStonesDon't CareSavedErasI Don't CareChipsTouristsVictorianVictorian EraChiselsReal StoryUninterestedStonehengeVictorian Times Author:Aleksandra Mir
“Stonehenge had an aura but it was also just stone. Then in the sixties, it became a great hedonistic, hippie, druid, rock-n-roll party site. There are amazing pictures of people up on the stones going wild and that's the image I recreated for my model of the project: full access to everyone. I even invented a Stonehenge soccer team that uses spaces between the stones as goals.” PeopleUseGoalSpacePartyTeamRocksProjectsModelsStonesAccessSoccerRock N RollSixtySiteHippieAurasSpace BetweenDruidsHedonisticSoccer TeamStonehenge Author:Aleksandra Mir
“People get upset when Baghdad, the "Cradle of Civilization" is burning, or when the Buddhas in Afghanistan are falling. These are real concerns.” PeopleRealFallCivilizationConcernBurningUpsetAfghanistanCradleBaghdad Author:Aleksandra Mir