Acting by parasitization, by telescoping, by fantasy, by friction, by counter-meaning or by friendship, The bite of termites attempts a speculative rereading of the history of art considered under the prism of graffiti.
Graffiti not as a subject or aesthetic, but as an experience, as an attitude, as an imaginary, as an underground thought. An experience of illegality and broken windows, the wandering of bodies in motion, an attraction for perspectives without light, a rejection of the romanticism of vandalism, considered here as much in its potential of degradation as in the care of damaged surfaces, a fascination for visible or invisible languages that confront the precarious matter of reality, and that are shaped with it while transforming it...
With the artists:
Chaz Bojórquez, Aline Bouvy, A. One (Anthony Clark), Samuel Bosseur, Brassaï, Miriam Cahn, Sophie Calle, COCO 144, Martha Cooper, Dado (Miodrag Durić), John Divola, Miho Dohi, Ida Ekblad, Mathias Enard, ENERI, Caley Feeney, Futura 2000, Richard Hambleton, Thomas Hirschhorn, Jenny Holzer, Antwan Horfee, Renaud Jerez, David L. Johnson, Margaret Kilgallen, Olivier Kosta-Théfaine, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Renée Levi, Tala Madani, Mark Manders, Ari Marcopoulos, Roberto Matta, Gordon Matta-Clark, Julia Maura, MODE 2, Tania Mouraud, NOC 167, Nestor Nomakh, PHASE 2, Alexander Raczka, RAMMELLZEE, Jay Ramier, Leomi Sadler, SAEIO, Ataru Sato, SKKI©, Robert Smithson, SNAKE 1, STAY HIGH 149, Lisa Signorini, Hito Steyerl, Hervé Télémaque, Toni, Lily van der Stokker, VALIE EXPORT, Marion Coqwid, Martin Wong, Gérard Zlotykamien
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