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34 A Retrospective of Closed Exhibitions (1964-2016) Mathieu Copeland

Hi Red Center Great Panorama Exhibition (aka Closing Event), Naiqua Gallery, Tokyo, 1964 47 Hi Red Center, Great Panorama Exhibition ReikoTomii 51 A Can of the Universe Akasegawa Genpei

Matsuzawa Yutaka Ah, Nil, Ah, A Ceremony ofPsi’s Secret Embodiment Drowning in the Wilderness: Prototype Exhibition, Naiqua Gallery, Tokyo, 1964 63 Matsuzawa Yutaka, Ah, Nil, Ah, A Ceremony ofPsi’s Secret Embodiment Drowning in the Wilderness: Prototype Exhibition Reiko Tomii

Graciela Carnevale Untitled, Ciclo de Arte Experimental, Rosario, 1968 67 Graciela Carnevale, 7 to 19 October Graciela Carnevale 75 Graciela Carnevale in conversation with Mathieu Copeland

Daniel Buren Papiers co/les blanc et vert, Apollinaire Gallery, Milan, 1968 83 Daniel Buren in conversation with Mathieu Copeland

Robert Barry During the exhibition the gallery will be dosed, Art & Project, Amsterdam, 1969 For the exhibition the gallery will be closed, Sperone Gallery, Torino, 1969 March 10 through March 21 the gallery will be closed, Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, 1970 93 Robert Barry in conversation with Mathieu Copeland

Lefevre Jean Claude Une exposition de Lefevre Jean Claude a la galerie Yvon Lambert entre le 11 juillet et le 31 aoüt 1981, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris, 1981 99 Lefevre Jean Claude in conversation with Mathieu Copeland 103 An exhibition by Lefevre Jean Claude at the Yvon Lambert Gallery from 11 July to 31 August 1981 Michel Gauthier

Maurizio Cattelan Torno Subito, Neon Gallery, Bologna, 1989 108 Swetlana Heger & Flamen Dejanov Galerie wegen Urlaub geschlossen [Gallery Closed for Holidays], Mehdi Chouakri Gallery, Berlin, 1999 110 Flamen Dejanov in conversation with Mathieu Copeland 117 Swetlana Heger in conversation with Mathieu Copeland

Santiago Sierra Space Closed by Corrugated Meta!, Lisson Gallery, , 2002 120

Rirkrit Tiravanija Nomadic Residents: Rirkrit Tiravanija, OCAD Professional Gallery, Ontario College of Art and Design, 2007 123 Nomadic Residents: Rirkrit Tiravanija, OCAD Professional Gallery Jim Drobnick

Maria Eichhorn 5 weeks, 2 5 days, 175hours, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2016 134 Maria Eichhorn in conversation with Katie Guggenheim

143 Geijustsu on their Minds: Memorable Words on Anti-Art Reiko Tomii

165 The Mighty Grimoire of Mystic Spells, Rituals and Incantations That Deploy Dialectical Immaterialism To Transform The Bad Energy Of White Male Guilt Into A Magical Tool To Make Anti-Art Disappear And The World A More Sisterly Place! Translated from the French by Paschal Beverly Randolph and retrieved from the future by Stewart Home. Originally published by Beringos Fratres of Lyon at The Sign of Agrippa in 2262 Stewart Home

173 in conversation with Mathieu Copeland (part 1)

187 Henry Flynt in conversation with Mathieu Copeland (part 2)

196 1962-63: Razing the Institutions? Henry Flynt

210 M.D.-Rx Robert Morris

213 Jacques Villegle in conversation with Mathieu Copeland

217 Claude Rutault in conversation with Mathieu Copeland

223 Manifesto 225 A Manifesto Reconsidered Yvonne Rainer

227 Goran Trbuljak in conversation with Andrea Bellini

233 Anti-Art Non-Art Art Dora Vallier

241 Anti-Anti-Art Billy Childish and Charles Thomson

243 “Vulgar Show Introductions” Stanley Fisher

246 “Involvement” (Press Release) Stanley Fisher, Sam Goodman, Boris Lurie et al.

251 March gallery artists statement on Anti-Art Stanley Fisher, Sam Goodman, Boris Lurie et al.

252 YES & NO THOUGHTS, Process of a Contribution to the Issues of the Past Lil Picard

257 NO-ART Boris Lurie

270 On Non Art Iris Clert

272 Ben Vautier in conversation with Mathieu Copeland

280 Against Art by Other Means: Goran Oordevic, 1972-1985 Branislav Dimitrijevic

292 With Love from the Kitchen: On the Paradox of Responsibilities and Representation Krist Gruijthuijsen

297 Arman’s “Le Plein” (Full Up): The Key is on the Inside Deborah Laks

313 “Ladies and gentlemen, the museum will close in 15minutes"-Ha Ha Ha Ha! Veronique Follet

325 Generally Discredited Words Storm van Heising and Gareth James

332 Closed for business, Storm van Heising suggests that galleries shouldn’t have exhibitions just because they can Tim Griffin in conversation with Storm van Heising 335 Opening: A Work In Situ Nicolas de Oliveira and Nicola Oxley

343 Anti-Museums that Aren’t: Notes on a few Contradictions Balthazar Lovay

363 Museum of the Void (Castles in the Sand) Bob Nickas

380 Museums in the Post-Industrial Mass Society: An Argument Against the Metaphysics of Presence and for the Physics of the Masses Peter Weibel

389 The Anti-Museum: Thoughts on Art Cultivation Johannes Cladders

397 a Model —a Museum for Today and for the Future Sören Schmeling

417 Art is everywhere —at my grandmother’s house —in the most improbable kitsch, even under a rotten floorboard. Olivier Suter

430 Manifesto 2 for a Theatre of Human Destruction Jean Toche

432 GUERILLA ART ACTION in front of the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM of NEW YORK Jon Hendricks and Jean Toche

436 Newsweek Jon Hendricks and Jean Toche

437 MANIFESTO FOR THE GUERILLA ART ACTION GROUP Jon Hendricks and Jean Toche

439 PRESS COMMUNIQUE Jon Hendricks, Jean Toche

443 A CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION OF ALL THE ROCKEFELLERS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Jon Hendricks, Poppy Johnson, Silvianna, Jean Toche

444 COMMUNIQUE Jon Hendricks, Poppy Johnson, Silvianna, Jean Toche

447 GUERRILLA ART ACTION GROUP Jon Hendricks, Poppy Johnson, Jean Toche

448 GUERRILLA ART ACTION AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Guerrilla Art Action Group 451 Rereading An Anti-Catalog: Radical Art History and the Decline of the Left Alan Wallach

462 The Slave—A Figure for the Anti-Museum? Achille Mbembe

467 The Impossibility of Anti: A Theoretical Consideration of Bikyötö Reiko Tomii

485 Mierle Laderman Ukeles in conversation with Mathieu Copeland

499 The Museum of AMused Muses (MAMM), of the IAM (Imperium Asinum Magnificum) According to the Principles of TTP (Totally Total Poetry) Michel Giroud

505 Enter The Anti-Space Richard Goldstein

510 From Anti-Design and the Anti-Museum to the Parco Arte Vivente Piero Gilardi in conversation with Andrea Bellini

515 Radical Architecture: Refusing the Ordinary Role Andrea Branzi (Archizoom Associati)

518 Controdesign Ettore Sottsass

521 Radical Notes: The Elite and Mass Creativity Andrea Branzi

525 Perfectly Normal Alessandro Mendini

526 The Notion of Un-Design Alessandro Mendini

527 In-Vitro Ideal City Alessandro Mendini

530 A Museum Is not a Building Yona Friedman

541 The Post-Museum Beatriz Colomina

555 Excerpts from Technology Against Technology - Anti-Tech Takis 560 Against the Happening Roberto Jacoby

566 Contra-Internet Zach Bias

577 Verb List Compilation: Actions to Destroy Instruments Matthieu Saladin

592 Varieties of Anti-Music: From Antoine Delafoy’s Absolute Anti-Chord to Congenital Amusia Thibault Walter

605 Lydia Lunch in conversation with Mathieu Copeland

609 GX Jupitter-Larsen Thibault Walter

613 Correct Malapropisms GX Jupitter-Larsen

617 On Anti-Cinema: Apocope and Prefix Erik Bullot

624 I See NOTHING Fanny Schulmann

633 L’Antitradition Futuriste Guillaume Apollinaire

637 A Brief Overview of Anti-Writing Kenneth Goldsmith

650 Anti-Manga: Sasaki Maki, Ishiko Junzö, and the Image Ryan Holmberg

668 Mai-Thu Ferret

670 THE NO TEXTS Steven Parrino

680 ART = RELIGION = CULTURE = H A -H A -H A Jean Toche

682 Genesis Breyer P-Orridge in conversation with Mathieu Copeland

687 The Antiuniversity of London: An Introduction to Deinstitutionalisation JakobJakobsen

700 A Short Philosophical Grammar of the Anti-X or Anti-Art in Question Olivier Quintyn 709 Destroying the Temple: The Religion of the End of Religion- Art of the End of Art Paulo Piresdo Vale

725 Buffet Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes

728 Dadaism Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes

733 Manifesto for The Door: a universal exhibition Robin Page

735 Total Art Ben Vautier

739 Everything Is Architecture Hans Hollein

749 John Armleder in conversation with Mathieu Copeland (parti)

753 John Armleder in conversation with Mathieu Copeland (part 2)

758 Lessons in Scandal/Historical Landmarks Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux

777 Sources & Credits