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Untilled Flashcards

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Where was Pierre Huyghe born

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Paris

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Where does Pierre Huyghe currently live and practice

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NYC

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Where did Pierre Huyghe study

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Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris

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For what type of artworks is Pierre Huyghe widely recognized

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Artworks spanning many media

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Where have Huyghe’s works been exhibited over the past decade

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Prominent museums across Western Europe and the United States

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What notable commission did Huyghe receive in 2015

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The Roof Garden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

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What was significant about Huyghe’s career retrospective

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It traveled to museums in Paris, Cologne, and Los Angeles

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When did Huyghe first emerge to international audiences

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In the 1990s

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What issues do Huyghe’s artworks deal with

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Fiction and the blurring of artistic creations and real life

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What is the title of Huyghe’s 1999 video work

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The Third Memory

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Which organization commissioned “The Third Memory”

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The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago

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How was “The Third Memory” displayed

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On two channels, appearing on two side-by-side screens

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What event is the subject of “The Third Memory”

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An attempted 1972 robbery at a Chase bank in Brooklyn, New York

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Who conducted the bank robbery depicted in “The Third Memory”

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John Wojtowicz and two accomplices

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What Hollywood film was based on the same robbery?

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Dog Day Afternoon

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Who directed “Dog Day Afternoon”

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Sidney Lumet

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Who starred in “Dog Day Afternoon”

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Al Pacino

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What does “The Third Memory” toggle between

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Scenes from Lumet’s film and present-day interviews with Wojtowicz

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How is Wojtowicz’s memory of the robbery described

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The “actual” event is no longer clear in his mind, influenced by “Dog Day Afternoon”

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How is Huyghe’s artwork characterized in terms of creation

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It’s a combination of contributions from others in the past and the present

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Made “The Third Memory”

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Pierre Huyghe

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What project did Huyghe launch in collaboration with Philippe Parreno

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No Ghost Just a Shell

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Made the project “No Ghost Just a Shell”

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Pierre Huyghe & Philippe Parreno

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What inspired the title of the project “No Ghost Just a Shell”

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The 1995 Japanese animated film “Ghost in the Shell”

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What character did Huyghe and Parreno purchase the digital files and intellectual copyright for

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Annlee, a generic Japanese manga character

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a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels

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Manga (pg. 84)

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A generic Japanese manga character

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Annlee

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From where did Huyghe and Parreno purchase Annlee

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A company that developed stock characters for use in narrative cartoons, advertisements, and video games

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How much did Huyghe and Parreno pay for Annlee

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46,000 yen (approximately 400 US dollars)

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What did Huyghe and Parreno create featuring Annlee

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Several animated videos

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Where were the animated videos featuring Annlee displayed

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At galleries and museums

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What did Huyghe and Parreno do with Annlee’s image and character

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They made her image and character available to other artists

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In what year did the exhibition featuring Annlee tour

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2002

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Which cities did the exhibition tour

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Zurich, San Francisco, and Eindhoven

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How many renditions of Annlee were shown, and how many different artists created them

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17 renditions by 15 different artists

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What does Annlee recite in Rirkrit Tiravanija’s interpretation

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Hours of Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”

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Wrote “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”

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Philip K. Dick

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How does Annlee appear in the design firm’s work M/M (Paris)

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In fractured form within a series of posters

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How does Annlee return to anonymity in Joe Scanlan’s interpretation

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She becomes a stand-in consumer/carpenter in Ikea-like diagrams for assembling a bookshelf

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When did the project “No Ghost Just a Shell” abruptly end

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2002

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What did Huyghe and Parreno do to remove Annlee from the public domain

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They founded a private company, the Annlee Association, and sold her rights to the company for the emblematic price of $1

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For what price did Huyghe and Parreno sell Annlee’s rights to their private company

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1

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What event marked the conclusion of “No Ghost Just a Shell”

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A fireworks display titled “Smile Without a Cat (Celebration of Annlee’s Vanishing)”

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When did the fireworks display take place

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On December 4, 2002

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What literary work inspired the title of the fireworks display

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Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland”

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Wrote “Alice in Wonderland”

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Lewis Carroll

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art created using digital technology,

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digital media (pg. 84)

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event where multiple galleries exhibit and sell their artworks to collectors and the public

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art fairs (pg. 84)

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How does Huyghe’s dedication to issues of ecology compare to other artists in the section

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It has not been as consistently dedicated to issues of ecology

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What do Huyghe’s early works in film and digital media inform in his later art

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They inform the later, environmental turn in his art

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Where did the conclusion of the Annlee project take place

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At “Basel Miami Beach” in 2002

52
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What was Art Basel Miami Beach initially called during its inaugural year

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“Basel Miami Beach”

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In what year did Art Basel Miami Beach begin

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2002

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What is the purpose of an art fair

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It is a gathering of private art galleries from around the world to sell select artworks from the living artists they represent

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Since when has the original Art Basel been held in the Swiss city of Basel

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Since 1970

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What trend increased at the same time as Huyghe and Parreno’s fireworks display

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The prevalence and influence of art fairs increased

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How did the global visibility of art change with the expansion of galleries

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More artists showed their work internationally, and galleries opened outposts across multiple cities in Asia, North America, and Europe

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When did international biennial exhibitions proliferate

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In the 1990s and early part of the twenty-first century

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Since when have international biennial exhibitions existed

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Since the late nineteenth century

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How often is a typical biennial held

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Every 2 years

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What distinguishes artworks at biennials from those at art fairs

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Artworks at biennials are neither owned by the institutions that stage them, nor are they for sale

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A gathering of new artworks from around the world, displayed in a selected city for a limited period

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biennial

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What are some of the most influential biennial locations

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Venice, Italy; São Paulo, Brazil; New York City; Gwangju, South Korea; and Istanbul, Turkey

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an art exhibition that takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany, showcasing contemporary and international art

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Documenta (pg. 85)

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How often is Documenta held

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every 5 years

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Where is Documenta held

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Kassel, Germany

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When did Documenta begin

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1955; After the decimation of Kassel and many other European cities during the Second World War

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What is the significance of Documenta alongside the Venice Biennale

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Documenta is the premier stage for artists to introduce new artworks to hundreds of thousands of spectators

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Who chooses the exhibitions for each iteration of Documenta

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Selected curators

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What types of places are chosen for Documenta exhibitions

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Large, museum-like exhibition halls and smaller, more intimate places around the city center and its parks

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Made “Untilled”

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Pierre Huyghe

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For which iteration of Documenta was “Untilled” created

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13th iteration of Documenta

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In what year was “Untilled” created

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2012

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Where in Kassel was “Untilled” installed

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In a composting area in Karlsaue Park

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What kind of installation is “Untilled” described as

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A site-specific installation

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How was “Untilled” marked and how easy was it to locate

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It was marked on maps and brochures of Documenta 13, but it was still difficult to locate

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What materials were included in Huyghe’s “Untilled”

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Piles of flat, square concrete bricks; a sculpture of a reclining nude female by Max Weber with a beehive on her head; a bench by Dominique Gonzalez-Forester; an upturned oak tree from Joseph Beuys’ “7000 Oaks”; a white dog with one leg painted bright pink; and various species of plants

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Made “7000 Oaks”

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Joseph Beuys

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Made the bench in “Untilled”

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Dominique Gonzalez

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Made the reclining nude female sculpture in “Untilled”

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Max Weber

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From which earlier project was the upturned oak tree in “Untilled” taken

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It was taken from Joseph Beuys’ project titled “7000 Oaks”

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What was distinctive about the dog in “Untilled”

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The dog was white, and one of its legs was painted bright pink

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How was “Untilled” integrated into its environment

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It was deeply integrated into the ecosystem of the composting site and constantly changing in appearance

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What state did the materials of the site in “Untilled” exist in

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The materials existed in a state of flux

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How did Huyghe’s approach in “Untilled” relate to “The Third Memory” and “No Ghost Just a Shell”

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In “The Third Memory” and “No Ghost Just a Shell”, Huyghe dissipated his own role as a singular artist by incorporating creations made by others, both from the past and present

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How did Huyghe extend the idea of incorporating others’ creations in “Untilled”

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Huyghe extended the idea by inviting natural processes, such as tree decomposition and honey production by bees, into the artwork

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Which natural processes were included in “Untilled”

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The decomposition of a tree and the generative production of honey by bees

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How was “Untilled” connected to its environment

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It was inseparable from its environment, as it integrated natural processes into its ongoing and unstable condition

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How did Huyghe’s approach in “Untilled” differ from other artists creating site-specific sculptures

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Unlike other artists who create monumental sculptures to mark the site, Huyghe introduced multiple interventions

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What types of items did Huyghe introduce in “Untilled”

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Some items were new and placed by Huyghe, while others were found and claimed by the artist, similar to Marcel Duchamp’s “Readymades”

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Which artistic concept from Marcel Duchamp influenced “Untilled”

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“Readymades”

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Why was it difficult for viewers to settle on one object or image in “Untilled”

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“Untilled” didn’t allow viewers to settle on one object because, like an ecosystem, it remained in motion and was unpredictable throughout its display

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What question did “Untilled” raise during its exhibition

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“Untilled “raised the question of what really separates an artwork from its ecology

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