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HELLO is a photographic daisy-chain linking people with other people they have met in varying circumstances, spanning a wide geographic, historical and social spectrum. It involves not only the famously famous from all possible arenas; sports, politics and entertainment, but also, their fans, family, friends, enemies, as well as people they have never met, including my own family and friends and their further relations. Collectively, these images form an unbroken chain of human encounters where new stories and subtexts emerge with each new image added to the chain. It is a simple idea, but with all the variables, the complexity expands enormously and the project easily becomes a lifetime commitment, theoretically encompassing the whole photographed population on Earth. |
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| HELLO, poster, Gavin Brown's enterprise, NYC, 2001 | HELLO, Curve Gallery, Barbican, London, 2001 | |
| HELLO has been exhibited many times and made new for each location: HELLO Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Biennale, 2002 HELLO Paris, Jousse Entreprise, Paris, 2002 HELLO Bern, Galeria Francesca Pia, Bern, 2002 HELLO San Francisco, CCAC Wattis Institute, SF, 2002 HELLO New York, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, 2001 HELLO Trapholt, Trapholt art Museum, Trapholt, 2001 HELLO London, Curve gallery, Barbican, London, 2001 HELLO Edinburgh, Fruitmarket gallery, Edinburgh, 2000 HELLO in print versions: HELLO Ringier, Ringier annular report, March, 2003 HELLO San Francisco (excerpt), Artforum, February, 2003 HELLO Tennis, Sydney Biennale catalogue, Sydney Biennale, 2002 HELLO Fence, Fence magazine, New York, 2002 HELLO Edinburgh (excerpt) Catalogue, CCAC Wattis Institute, SF, 2002 HELLO commissions available online: HELLO Ringier, Ringier annual report, March, 2003 (download pdf) HELLO San Francisco, 2002 (online version commissioned by Claude Closky for mudam.lu) |
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texts on HELLO: Spiegler, Marc, The (un)corporate report, ArtReviews, London, January 2007.Spalding, David, New York, Interrupted, Artforum.com, New York, Dec 2006. Sgualdini, Silvia, How to do something from nothing, UOVO, Torino, Dec 2006. Gavlak, Sarah, Manifesto, Issue, # 8, Fall 2004. Fineman, Mia, Close-up, Photograph magazine Sept/Oct 2004. Bollen, Christopher, Aleksandra Mir, The Believer # 9, San Francisco, Dec 03/Jan 04. Rugoff, Ralph, Hello, www.mudam.lu. ed. Claude Closky, Luxemburg, 2003. Mir, Aleksandra, HELLO Ringier, Ringier Annual Report 2002, Zurich, 2003. Bradley, Will, Life and Times, Frieze, # 75, London, 2003. Williams, Gilda, Aleksandra Mir from A to Z, Art Monthly, # 266, London, 2003. Griffin,Tim, Openings: Aleksandra Mir, Artforum, NYC, Feb 2003. Butler, Rex, Hello in (The World May Be) Fantastic, Biennale of Sydney: Critical Interventions, Artspace, Sydney, 2002. Chapman, Chris, Three uses of photography, Photofile, # 67, Dec 2002. Low, Lenny Ann, Quirks of Art, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, May 10, 2002. Engels, Beate, Aleksandra Mir at Galerie Francesca Pia, Kunst-Bulletin, # 5, Zurich, May 2002. Griffin, Tim, Aleksandra Mir, Hello, TimeOut—NY, # 314, NYC, 4-11 Oct, 2001. Jones, Jonathan, Pyramids of Mars, Frieze, # 59, London, 2001. Farquharson, Alex, Pyramids of Mars, Art Monthly, London, #3/2001. Wade, Gavin; Mir, Aleksandra, Beyond Borders, [a-n] magazine, Newcastle, June 2001. Gleeson, David, Pyramids of Mars, Time Out—London, # 1594, London, March 7-14, 2000. Mahoney, Elisabeth, Mars Attacks, The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Oct 6, 2000. Biennale of Sydney, (The World May Be) Fantastic, Biennale of Sydney Ltd. texts. Ken Hollings, Sydney, 2002. How Extraordinary that the World Exists!, CCAC Wattis Institute, Ed. Ralph Rugoff, San Francisco, 2002. Kee, Joan, Reviving the fantastic, http://www.dcbank.com/portal/story.asp?idstr=33571330, 9/1/2002. |
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