Jenny Holzer / Laments
HOLZER Jenny (Gallipolis 1950), New York, Dia Art Foundation, [printing: Conrad Glebe], 1989, 19,5x11,3 cm., paperback, softcover, pp. [58], typographic cover, artist's book with the reproduction of 13 texts, that were originally cut on 13 sarcophaguses installed at the Dia Art Foundation of New York from March 1, 1989 until February 18, 1990. During the exhibition, the texts were also showed as light installations, reproduced by 13 vertical LEDs, accompanied by sound of voices belonging to 10 different adults, two kids and a baby. The book comes together with a VHS of the movie took at the installation, directed by Mark Pellington for Caesar Video Graphics Inc. of New York. Both the objects were designed by Jean Foos, Jill Korostoff and Jenny Holzer. Edition of 2500 copies.
HOLZER Jenny (Gallipolis 1950), New York, Dia Art Foundation, [printing: Conrad Glebe], 1989, 19,5x11,3 cm., paperback, softcover, pp. [58], typographic cover, artist's book with the reproduction of 13 texts, that were originally cut on 13 sarcophaguses installed at the Dia Art Foundation of New York from March 1, 1989 until February 18, 1990. During the exhibition, the texts were also showed as light installations, reproduced by 13 vertical LEDs, accompanied by sound of voices belonging to 10 different adults, two kids and a baby. The book comes together with a VHS of the movie took at the installation, directed by Mark Pellington for Caesar Video Graphics Inc. of New York. Both the objects were designed by Jean Foos, Jill Korostoff and Jenny Holzer. Edition of 2500 copies.
HOLZER Jenny (Gallipolis 1950), New York, Dia Art Foundation, [printing: Conrad Glebe], 1989, 19,5x11,3 cm., paperback, softcover, pp. [58], typographic cover, artist's book with the reproduction of 13 texts, that were originally cut on 13 sarcophaguses installed at the Dia Art Foundation of New York from March 1, 1989 until February 18, 1990. During the exhibition, the texts were also showed as light installations, reproduced by 13 vertical LEDs, accompanied by sound of voices belonging to 10 different adults, two kids and a baby. The book comes together with a VHS of the movie took at the installation, directed by Mark Pellington for Caesar Video Graphics Inc. of New York. Both the objects were designed by Jean Foos, Jill Korostoff and Jenny Holzer. Edition of 2500 copies.
"Laments was developed by Jenny Holzer as a body of textual work for Dia. The accompanying exhibition consisted of thirteen texts engraved into a continuous row of stone sarcophagi that recounted what Holzer identified as “voices of the dead.” These lamentations expressed the thoughts of one infant, two children, and ten adults before death. LED lights affixed to columns within the space echoed these meditations in graphic form, constructing an architectural installation of spotlight tombs and didactic pillars. A publication was created to document the thirteen texts." (diaart.org)
