Walid Raad. Cotton Under My Feet
Walid Raad. Cotton Under My Feet How does a private art collection become public? These seemingly easy (and not so easy) questions are at the heart of Walid Raad's new project 'Cotton Under My Feet',…
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Walid Raad. Cotton Under My Feet
How does a private art collection become public? These seemingly easy (and not so easy) questions are at the heart of Walid Raad's new project 'Cotton Under My Feet', conceived for the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, coinciding with the centennial of its original founder. Who was Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza?
Some of these reached him from this historical world, while others from a place called fiction, and yet others from the realm of undeath. Deep in the museum's bowels, Raad has unearthed fragments of stories, fictional documents, and puzzling artifacts. Brought to life in a slippery narrative marathon - the lavishly illustrated performance script forms the core element of this book - he entices readers to follow him into the tunnels of conjuncture he has constructed.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition, 'Walid Raad: Cotton Under My Feet' at Museo Nacional