Part of:

• Fonds: Gianni Pettena fonds, 1960-2019
•    Series: Works, 1966-2018
•      Project: In Absence of Bodies (2011), 2011-2015

People:

• Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
• Gianni Pettena (artist)

Title:

In Absence of Bodies (2011)

Date:

2011-2015

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

• 11 digital files (703 MB)
  2 drawings
  1 photogtaph

Scope and content:
The project series documents the installation "In Absence of Bodies" designed by Pettena in 2011 for the Stromerein Performance Festival in Zurich, Switzerland. The installation consists of clothes lines hung in the main square of the city and refers to Pettena's previous installation "Laundry" in 1969. In this case "[...] it is not laundry that, being hung out in the main square of the city, polemically ‘violate’ the context of the power. Rather, it is a statement on the body in its absence, as the performance takes place in a dance and theatre festival where the body is always protagonist." [1] A second edition was also presented at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City, in 2013.

The project series contains a drawing of the installation, a sketch, details for the hanging lines, a printout of a photo montage of the installation, and photographs and a video of the installation.

Source:
[1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-in-absence-2011-1/ (last accessed 23 January 2020)

Reference number:

AP207.S1.2011.PR04

Arrangement:
Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location:

Salt Lake City Utah United States

Language of material:

• English
• Italian

Contains:

• AP207.S1.2011.PR04.001, Drawing of the installation, In Absence of Bodies, circa 2011
• AP207.S1.2011.PR04.002, Sketch, installation detail and photographs, In Absence of Bodies, circa 2011
• AP207.S1.2011.PR04.003, Photographs and video of the installation, and project description, In Absence of Bodies, 2011 - 2015