To the Moon via the Beach

Luma

Fondation

To the Moon via the Beach was a three-day exhibition in the Amphitheatre in Arles. Using tons if specially-shipped sand, the Amphitheatre was transformed into a beach, which then, during a process of nonstop work coordinated by Willem Stijger, slowly mutated into a moonscape. It created a backdrop for a series of interventions by 20 artists in and around the arena - Uri Aran, Daniel Buren, Elvire Bonduelle, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Loretta Fahrenholz, Fischli et Weiss, Jef Geys, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster/Ari Benjamin Meyers/Tristan Bera, Douglas Gordon, Pierre Huyghe, Klara Lidén, Renata Lucas, Benoît Maire, Oscar Murillo, Anri Sala, Pilvi Takala, Rirkrit Tiravanija,Tris Vonna-Michell, and Lawrence Weiner.

This book is the complete record of the exhibition. Photographic documentation is presented in real time order, allowing the event to be reconstructed and understood as a whole for the first time. An extensive discussion between Liam Gillick, Philippe Parreno, and Hans Ulrich Obrist sheds light on the event's historical context and its experimental potential.