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1. edition 1 3 collection Fonds National d Art Contemporain Paris y TE Y DOY QUE ME DAS A CAMBIO 1 El Gran Trueque Le Grand Troc qu on peut voir la t l vision et dans les m dias offre au public un processus original d changes en cascade Ce projet met en pratique la rh torique publicitaire les formats t l visuels et les strat gies du marketing Matthieu Laurette a d cid d attribuer une partie du budget de production de l exposition l achat d une voiture neuve d une valeur de 1 013 000 Pesetas pre mier objet offert du Grand Troc Seule l offre la plus haute est retenue L objet propos est acquis puis chang contre l objet de la semaine dans les maga sins de Bilbao devant les cam ras et les m dias L objet ainsi achet et chang devient son tour le Grand Troc de la semaine suivante Ainsi El Gran Trueque s ouvrit par le Troc d une voiture et finit apr s quelques mois sur un lot de six verres bleus qui ne susciteront aucune offre extrait du communiqu de presse Consonni Bilbao 2000 El Gran Trueque The Great Exchange which can be seen on television and in the media offers the audience a genuine process of exchanges a series of multiple swaps This project puts adverti sing rhetoric television formats and marketing strate gies into practice Matthieu Laurette has decided to devote part of the production budget of his project to purchasing a n
2. la r action du public de l art entrain dans un autre type de lieu Les diff rents showrooms temporaires et itin rants autour des produits rembours s les appa _ ritions t l vis es r unissaient en perma nence des gens venus d horizons diff rents du fait m me du type d information diffu au del des circuits habituels Au final chacun se trouvait souvent dans la position du consommateur et posait les m mes questions non pas d ordre artistique ou esth tique mais tr s pratiques du type comment on fait C est un leurre d une certaine mani re J ai le souhait de proposer des formes aussi utilisables par un public ext rieur l art au moyen de leur aspect fonctionnel Le web des produits rembours s depuis 1996 a t visit par des milliers de visiteurs chiffre qui d passe largement le milieu de l art Il est en tout cas beaucoup plus difficile et donc souvent plus int ressant d ajuster les choses d s que l on sort du champ d exposition classique D s que je suis invit dans un lieu artistique je me pose la question des espaces parcourus pr a lablement par le visiteur parce que c est ca le r el ce qu il a travers avant Je ne consid re pas les espaces comme des espaces neutres j essaie de prendre en compte les contextes de production le public la r alit des lieux et des invitations INFORMATIONS Matthieu Laurette Sites web http www laurette net http www citizens
3. Apparition Frangais si vous parliez France 3 April 28 1993 excerpt Apparition Vincent l heure France 3 T V December 2 1994 excerpt Apparition Rapido Annonces MCM TV 3 times a day December 12 18 1994 excerpt Apparition La grande famille Canal January 5 1995 excerpt 1 Matthieu Laurette 1 Je passe la t l 1996 sculpture m daille en bronze support bo te de rangement diam tre 9 5 cm Courtesy de l artiste iZ Je passe a la t l I m on TV 1996 sculpture bronze medal stand box diameter 9 5 cm Courtesy the artist 2 3 4 Apparition Je Passe la T l France 3 16 mai 1996 extrait 2 3 4 Apparition Je Passe la T l I m on TV France 3 May 16 1996 excerpt Matthieu Laurette Vu la t l 1998 T shirt s rigraphi dition illimit e L achat en est rembours si le possesseur appara t la TV avec le T shirt preuve vid o l appui As Seen on TV 1998 Silkscreened T shirt unlimited edition Si vous apparaissez la TV avec ce Tee Shirt renvoyez une K7 avec votre apparition Jousse entreprise 34 rue Louise Weiss F 75013 Paris Vous serez rembours et votre K7 recycl e par Matthieu Laurette Adresse Apparition Masse Titre de l mission J autorise Matthieu Laurette a utiliser et reproduire mon image gratuitement sur tou
4. Efficace et commode Propositions 99 pour la collection 1999 Vue de l installation au CAPC Mus e d Art Contemporain Bordeaux Cartes d invitation encarts publi s dans des magazines d art texte mural 28 classeurs organis s par le service des conservateurs du CAPC comprenant une documentation visuelle et biographique en relation avec les uvres choisies communiqu de presse Platform bed From A to Z installation d Andrea Zittel Efficient and Useful Year 1999 Proposals for the Collection 1999 collaborative work with Asier P rez Gonz lez amp Franck Larcade Installation view at the CAPC Mus e d Art Contemporain Bordeaux invitation cards adverts placed in art magazines wall text 3 tables 28 folders organised by the curatorial department of the CAPC museum including photographic administrative and biographical docu mentation in relation to the selected art works press release Platform bed From A to Z an installation by Andrea Zittel Matthieu Laurette de gauche a droite from left to right Artist s studio spycam version Montpellier 1 0 1997 Ordinateur connexion internet webcam Computer internet conncetion webcam Collection Frac Languedoc Roussillon Montpellier Collection Frac Languedoc Roussillon Montpellier Apparition showbizz CTV A tribute to JLG 1997 t l viseur et magn toscope support mural orientable vid o en boucle TV set and VCR articulated wall bracket video
5. I m on TV started to promote and develop this activity on TV and in newspapers In a sort of snowball effect each show or article was generating other invitations and interviews From trashy prime time TV shows to national evening TV news My first information website for money back products produced initially for an internet show at the Mus e d Art Contempo rain in Lyon became very popular thousands and thousands of people started to visit it every month Of course it is easy to imagine that only a few of them were people from the art world The website has been automatically registered in every search engine probably due to its suc Cess It s interesting to notice that Yahoo for example registered it both in its consuming freebie section and in the artist section never hid from the media that was an artist but there was no interest from the media and from myself in focusing on this aspect The media people were introducing me as an artist according to the 19th century and the Van Gogh clich because was an artist was poor and that s why had found a solution Thinking again about art categories most of the time the media never addressed my Appari tions as part of my art activities To make it more effective it was also clear to me that should use air time and columns in newspapers to communicate my money back life system as a kind of How to meth od to live for free without explaining why
6. exhibition curated by Jeffrey Deitch Castello di Rivoli october december 2001 Courtesy the artist and private collection Paris Matthieu Laurette amp il Castello di Rivoli Museo d Arte Contemporanea pr sentent present Deja Vu 2 rencontres de sosies 16 octobre 2001 Castello di Rivoli Museo d Arte Contemporanea Torino avec les 10 sosies les plus c l bres d Italie Arnaldo Mangini as Mr Bean Mireno Scali as Roberto Benigni Allessandro Auolio as Richard Gere Nicolas Iacobellis as Mel Gibson Giordano Baldini as Elton John Mateo Torrelly as Ricky Martin Monica Taddio as Marilyn Monroe Luigi Nardini as Luciano Pavarotti Nadia Murabet as Julia Roberts Miranda Giuffr as Liz Taylor l occasion de l exposition Form Follows Fiction curated by Jeffrey Deitch avec le soutient de Alex Carrera Show Management S R L Torino Photos Paolo Pellion Torino Courtesy de l artiste Deja Vu 2nd LookaLike Meeting October 16 2001 Castello di Rivoli Museo d Arte Contemporanea Torino Starring the 10 most famous look a likes in Italy Arnaldo Mangini as Mr Bean Mireno Scali as Roberto Benigni Allessandro Auolio as Richard Gere Nicolas Iacobellis as Mel Gibson Giordano Baldini as Elton John Mateo Torrelly as Ricky Martin Monica Taddio as Marilyn Monroe Luigi Nardini as Luciano Pavarotti Nadia Murabet as Julia Roberts Miranda Giuffr as Liz Taylor on the occasion of the exhibition Form Follows F
7. mise en fonctionnement d un dispositif publicitaire Matthieu Laurette remet symboliquement en cause le syst me marchand capi taliste Le m me principe de retournement des r glements et lois au b n fice de l individu d ter mine le Citizenship Project 1998 on going qui l am ne enqu ter sur les conditions d obtention de nombreuses nationalit s en mettant ces pr cieuses informations disposi tion sur un site Web Son projet est d obtenir le plus grand nombre possible de passe ports en passant outre les restrictions pos es par la notion de citoyennet dans un monde qui serait d s lors v ritablement globalis Cette puissance critique de la propo sition artistique est aussi l origine du projet Laurette Bank Unlimited 1999 2002 qui lui permettrait de d tenir le contr le d un capital off shore Matthieu Laurette met syst matiquement en place un principe d change qui propose au spectateur de prendre une place active dans ses op rations El Gran Trueque 2000 le jeu t l vis dont il est le cr ateur offre ainsi aux t l spectateurs de Bilbao la pos Sibilit d acqu rir moindres frais des produits de grande consommation Une Fiat Seicento est propos e au troc et acquise contre un ordinateur lui m me chang contre un t l viseur etc jusqu un pack de six verres bleus Ce syst me paradoxal d multi plie les objets dans un principe de d valuation quivalence Les n gociations n ces
8. no more outside You can t exclude yourself from the world and say things are not going well there You have to be part of it to act I m now trying to get new citizenships and am also trying to raise money to open an offshore bank to engage in productive acitivities with other people both projects deal with art and economy and go beyond frontiers Turning rules and laws globalisation and commodification inside out in favour of the individual also in cludes providing information as in Citizenship Project where start by enquiring on how to legally obtain more citizenships than the one s you had by birth At first it s a database www citizenship project com providing infor mation about links on citizenship and immi gration resources I m also developing these re searches in different contexts and according to personal opportunities Help me to become a US citizen is a How to project an attempt to first become a US permanent resident and then to be naturalized Available both at Art ists Space in New York last January and still on the web at www citizenship project com usa used the invitation to the show Really to get adequate living conditions in Mew York such as getting a job an apartment a decent stan dard of living and sponsorship want to set up financing contracts with collectors sponsors it s a long term project Other Countries Favil ion Citizenship Project developed in Venice for La Biennale d
9. pos de programme t l vis vendre produit par Consonni Bilbao d tail Fiat Seicento mod le Young mise en jeu le 3 janvier 2000 pr sent e par l animatrice Alicia San Juan sur la chaine Canal Bizkaia Bilbao Courtesy de l artiste amp Consonni Bilbao Photo Seber Ugarte ul Stier Touma vasu i Actualit s gt Matthieu Laurette Les interventions de Matthieu Laurette sont d routantes l artiste a recours a des formes des espaces a des techniques extra artistiques qu il s ing nie transformer voire alt rer A l heure communicationnelle et consu m riste ses projets dans leurs processus de conception comme dans leurs r sultats formels cherchent se distinguer de la simple reproduction des tics du monde marchand avec ce pari s inclure dans la soci t plut t que s enfermer dans l utopie activiste assimiler plutot que simuler faire avec les dimensions juridiques et conomiques qui t moignent elles aussi de la nature du travail artistique Entretien avec Matthieu Laurette Parpaings Le Citizenship Project rev t une forme ambigu en stigmatisant de con critique la rigidit des fronti res et l impossibilit pour ceux qui ne peuvent s offrir une nouvelle nationalit de les franchir tout en s adressant notre fantasme d un monde ouvert lib r des contraintes territoriales Comment concevez vous ce double aspect dans ce projet Matthieu
10. Il y a une dimension critique ironique et narquoise dans le projet sp cifique La Biennale le fait d avoir plusieurs natio nalit s represente t il cependant pour vous quelque chose de d sirable Je pense en effet que cela releve d un certain fantasme collectif la fois par rapport la notion de citoyen du monde et a celle de globalisation J essaie en amplifiant certains m canismes de les rendre ala fois absurdes et r v lateurs d autres symptomes ou de leurs propres contradictions quelles qu elles soient N est ce pas l artiste qui pr cisement peut tre citoyen du monde Le cosmo politisme n est il pas la figure politique de l artiste C est une des questions qui ma pousse vers ce projet question amplifi e au vingti me si cle par le r le que jouerait l artiste dans l effacement des fronti res Cette notion de citoven du monde qui appartient au champ de l utapie se confront un autre champ celui du marche D un cote on a l id e utopique que l art transcende les fronti res et les nationalit s de l autre on a des march s sp ciliques o la nationalit 96 octobre 2001 uauw jmploce com 3 gt Matthieu Laurette Le LES M si RT Ts e la Biennale al venezia Venice 25th of May 2001 H E Mr Masao Nakayama Parmanent Representative of the Fadarated States of Micronesia ta tha United Nations 820 Second Avenue Suite 17A New York N Y 10017 Telefax 212 697 8295 Excellenc
11. Saires cette conomie informelle cr ent un contrat entre l artiste et le regardeur qui qualifie bien l conomie transgressive de Matthieu Laurette bas e d lib r ment sur le principe du recyclage dans un monde sous l emprise de la marchandisation g n rali s e Pascal Beausse in catalogue La Biennale di Venezia 49a Esposizione Internazionale d Arte Platea dell Umanita Plateau of Humankind Plateau der Menschheit Plateau de l humanit Electa Venise 2001 Qu est ce que vous voulez faire plus tard exactement Artiste Artiste Oui mais Peinture sculpture Multimedia Multimedia Belle reponse What do you want to be later exactly Artist Artist Ok but painting sculpture Multimedia Multimedia Beautiful answer Matthieu Laurette Apparition Tournez Man ge TF1 16 mars 1993 extrait Apparition Tournez Man ge The Dating Game TF1 TV March 16 1993 excerpt ant o fort hio mM UT NETS iin b prepared TTD uui Matthieu Laurette Apparitions 1993 95 selection 1995 installation vid o dition de 3 1 E A T l viseur lecteur DVD bras support mural orientable plac en hauteur vid o beta num rique V O fran ais S T anglais transf r e sur DVD dur e 13 50 en boucle Extraits TV Tournez Man ge TF1 19 mars 1993 Frangais si vous parliez France 3 28 avril 1993 Frou Fr
12. at the Institute of Con broad south London accent 15 thi Nance has been even more shocked Clark Gable and Morecambe and temporary Art was little more than spell broken She said A year 1 Kelly s children Chelsea 14 Tros Wise having a drink and chatting vel laborate fi W 1 ull tin mother looking 11 and Samuel four were initinliy way like old friends Every one of the stars was actu after my three children but since sceptical about their mother s new Ihe exhibition which y i 11 ior Wim S Tl 0ming tH lookalike ul ire 1 id rh i real meh WOOK had been called in to become part of things have cone totally mental embarrassed to start with but now Aleksandra Mir 15 at the ICA on the in installation entitled Deja Vu was flown out to Los Angeles for that Halle Berry has become 5o Mall until 16 March The Fifth International Lookalike a week last year to appear in a Miss famous they are a bit happier about Britney turns her Airlines weigh passengers back on innocence to prevent overload crashes CAN this really be By Nigel Rosser PASSENGERS on America By James Langton i Amerie im ma e now tips Hi iiney spears sporting mmuter fights are i be in New York the scales at 141 just unde vest bearing the logo hed bef iki their 1391 even before he picks pre You The 29 year old Dubliner at fears that they are up his loge Yes it can The once who got his big break in at they i cause their h 190
13. dollars pour un passeport au Cap Vert disponible au bout de 35 jours 50 000 dollars pour Belize passeport valable pour 10 ans et pour toute la famille 250 000 dollars pour St Kitts amp Nevis sous r serve d investissements dans les programmes immobiliers ou touristiques mais avec exon ration de taxes plus d 1 million de dollars pour l Autriche investissements dans l industrie welcome Mais attention certains pays ne reconnaissent pas la double nationalit Renseignez vous Des nationalit s pour tous les go ts et toutes les bourses Le tout en toute l galit La nationalit comme produit Certains cabinets d avocats n h sitent pas faire valoir certains arguments de vente en parlant de l avantage de certains paradis fiscaux ou de l avantage d avoir plusieurs passeports lors d un d tournement d avion En attendant une r elle d mocratisation du processus cr er un pr c dent Soit un appel lanc aux collectionneurs et aux institutions Matthieu Laurette recherche d sesp r ment financements de nationalit s La Citoyennet qu il vous faut cat quoi r vent les ann es 90 Jean Charles Mass ra Montreuil d Centre d art moderne Wanted Financial OF n S 4 40 000 for a el Rol 0 acquire Citizenship US G5 000 10 Belizean Passport c for a Domini US 250 000 for a St kis a St Kitts amp Nevis Passport US 1 000 000 for an Austrian Par M Support for other cit
14. el et de toute facon faire une chose en vrai est toujours plus efficace et simple Avec la t l vision comme avec l conomie j ai recours une forme de mim tisme interne au domaine investi pas simplement symbolique ou parodique Les choses que je fais sont des hybridations forc es et non performatives toujours d r gl es par diff rents champs et sans fonctionnalit parfaite Un concept comme El gran trueque Le grand troc concept d pos et aujourd hui vendre qui ne peut exister que si on l active n est pas fonci rement exploitable par la t l vision ni non plus par l art il r pond des crit res suffisamment hybrides pour poser probl me dans les deux champs D autre part je ne vois pas l int r t d im porter l ext rieur dans le mus e juste pour le montrer la photographie le fait tr s bien Les propositions artistiques qui ne font que reproduire de mani re sous efficace des choses existantes l ext rieur du lieu de l exposition m apparaissent tr s ennuyeuses Ce qui m int resse davantage c est de mettre en place des situations qui ne sont pas que des repr sentations mais qui impliquent une action c est la MATTHIEU LAURETTE UN ARTISTE EN EMBUSCADE Association Pour la Prefiguration de la LAURETTE BANK UNUM TED NS 000501 Association pour la prefiguration de la LAURETTE BANK UNLIMITED P A F Le capital Tobieoux diogramenas ef Euros d ludes Expas
15. for 10 years Stuart Jeffries finds out Billions of combinations of randomly generated science tests the complete key stage 4 curriculum learn co uk Light fantastic Claude Leveque s Plus de Lumiere Right Matthieu Laurette an intellectual art terrorist for the broadsheets a clued up shopper for the tabloida ee LAS New life the full Vivre Sa Vie line up Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno The two new stars of French contemporary art have been commissoned to create a new large scale installation at the Tramway Huryche who will represent France atr tne Vence Biennale next year often works in video ri tha mare Britis trast h az yas MON 1 ia j JE i M 4 j T Nicolas Pages T 4 b i work d title 1 j H NI V e avam T d i T T 8 tra tia L s iy T gt 1 ja br i ig 1 Thomas Hirschorn A sculptor who speciales in making altars from cardboard Perspex and wood Y Hirschom s protect for Vivre Sa Vie is called Raymond Carver Altar and will be on show in a publi space in Glasgow from temorrw unt oe peg Claude Closky ud J 1 rt 4 AT F id T 1 F Tow Fc 1 x 1 ESN n Sat mu it will be at tt an reciia Marine Hugonnier y 1 Tw Christian Boltanski Jere fi 1 the f i I pari 123 z f 1 farature E has bes essed wilt tori Jered witt to graphs
16. of Moldava Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Seychelles Solomon Islands Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Matthieu Laurette Le Spectacle n est pas termin 1998 micro trottoir transf r sur DVD 2 min en boucle d tail vue du tournage avec l quipe TV de La Chaine Spectacle mai 1998 Passants et touristes sur les Champs Elys es lisant face a la cam ra des extraits de La soci t du Spectacle de Guy Debord sapparente un produit comme les autres gr ce des capitaux on passe alors au dessus des fronti res des multinationales sont plus riches que certains pays Le rapport de l individu l universel m int resse aussi rapport dont je fais physiquement l exp rience comme un cobaye en quelque sorte Si j obtiens des nationalit s je ne serai plus le repr sentant d un pays et cela m int resse que l on ne puisse plus regarder un travail en se disant tiens c est un artiste francais m me si par ailleurs je n ai rien contre Je cherche moins appartenir un nouveau sol qu d territorialiser relever de diff rentes lois L utopie de pouvoir choisir sa nationalit Vous se
17. of the Month d tails details Gucci Hairtattoo Carhartt Hairtattoo Tommy Hilffiger Hairtattoo rar Lu D rat eae AN GOGH MONET PRADA C ZANNE PICASSO of Fims bee CIRQUE DU SOLEIL ene 2 7 7 4 il v Y T T reiureivreivreiyr ein i WI S 7 21 now appearing VAN GOGH MONET CEZANNE and PICASSO Gallery of Fine Art Matthieu Laurette Now appearing Van Gogh Monet C zanne Picasso Prada Learning from Las Vegas 2001 Photo couleur Now appearing Van Gogh Monet C zanne Picasso Herm s Learning from Las Vegas 2001 Photo couleur Matthieu Laurette Euro Calcio Fuori Uso 2000 Diffusion en direct de la finale de l Euro de football France Italie 2 juillet 2000 pen dant le vernissage et rediffus e chaque soir pendant la dur e de l exposition la m me heure chaises 1 million de lires pari et perdu par l artiste sur le score vues dans l installation dans l exposition Fuori Uso 2000 The Bridges Pescara Euro Calcio Fuori Uso 2000 Live broadcast of the Euro 2000 Finale France Italy July 2 2000 on a tv monitor during the opening and replayed every night during the exhibition at the same time chairs 1 000 000 Lira bet and lost by the artist on the score Exhibition views Fuori Uso 2000 The Bridges Pescara Matthieu Laurette Association po
18. s faible fiscalit Habituellement donn e elle devient alors l objet d un choix r fl chi une marchandise Par quoi est elle alors d termin e Objet d une n gociation qui ne rel ve d aucune n cessit humanitaire mais uniquement d un int ret ou d un avantage sorte de chirurgie esth tique de l identit elle se convertit en luxe superflu Comment s inscrit Other Countries Pavillion votre intervention la Biennale de Venise dans le Citizenship Project 1 Le Citizenship Project est d abord pour moi un vaste chantier dans lequel j essaie de trouver des axes des moyens d obtenir d autres nationalit s de voir quelles en sont les cons quences les avantages mais aussi de souligner les contradictions Dans le cadre de l invitation d Harald Szeemann dans une exposition intitul e Plateau de l humanit j ai souhait utiliser comme mat riau la question de la pr sentation nationale et de la representation officielle la manifestation se partageant entre pavillons nationaux et exposition internationale disjonction dont on peut discuter et de la pertinence et de l maniere dont elle s opere dans le poids accord certains pays dans l absence de certains autres dans le partage des artistes N est ce pas au fond un folklore de plus N y a t il pas l quelque chose d obsol te d archaique Face cette situation il m a sembl interes sant de demander et au commissaire et La Bienn
19. we hope that this very relevant project will be of interest to you Please accept Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration Harald Sze mann Director of La Biennale di Venezia Matthieu Laurette Other Countries Pavillion Citizenship Project 2001 d tail Lettre envoy es aux ambassadeurs repr sentant permanents au Nations Unies New York des 112 pays non repr sent s a la biennale de venise en 2001 ni dans les pavillons nationaux ni dans la 49e exposition internationale Biennale de Venise 49th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art commissaire Harald Szeemann Other Countries Pavillion Citizenship Project 2001 detail Letter sent to the Ambassadors Permanent Representatives at United Nations in New York of all the 112 countries which are currently not represented in the Venice Biennal on 2001 neither in the national pavilions and participating countries nor in the 49th International Exhibition Venice Biennale 49th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art curated by Harald Szeemann liste des pays countries list Afghanistan Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Botswana Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo C te d ivoire Democratic People s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibout
20. 0 turboprop blami Passengers for plan with virginal star was taking Minority Report is nlanes to crash combination of weight and between 10 and 19 seats will bhe cigarette break during world away from he US Federal Aviatior iniifap problems sked to give their weight to a session at a Hollywood agueaky clean Justin Administration will welel US airlines estimate the apents at the check in desk oi nail salon before the Timberlake to whom passengers in a month long collective weight of passen to step on scales Those wl premiere of new Britney 21 was engaged tud nroblems using an average fipur refuse have been warned thes boyfriend Colin Farrell s He has made it clear he vith smaller aircraft establish igo 1 mu t be all boa film The Recruit is not the marrying Overloading ts thought to FAA had assumed that an If the survey finds that The message on the vest In a recent have contributed to a crash verag mesenger with one fliers are fatter the averagi seemed proof that the magazine interview he in Charlotte North Carolina carry on Dag would be no weight estimates may M influence of the said I just want to have Me M E last month which killed all 21 more than 180Ib in the winter changed and airlines wi foul mouthed actor is ing casual sex to pass s and crew The lat ind 17510 in the summer be told that they have to fly rubbing off on Britney me that s love Smoke signal Britney Spea
21. Laurette 11 s agit en effet avant taut d un projet d un questionnement tabli partir d une s rie d informations relev es notamment sur internet ou dans des magazines qui d finit un territoire que j explore sans aucune competence pr alable et avec le moins d a priori pos sible l ai ainsi d couvert qu il existe des avocats sp cialis s dont le travail est de fournir cl en main de nouvelles nationalit s suppl mentaires ou de rem placement Proposer quelque chose cl en main en faire un argument publicitaire c est d j en aire un produit ce qu a priori la nationalit n est pas elle ne peut l galement ni s acheter ni se vendre 5i ces recherches ant d abord donn lieu un premier site internet de documenta tion et de renseignements pratiques site qui depuis ne cesse de s enrichir elles prennent aujourd hui la forme d un projet plus ambigu Il ne s agit pas pour moi de cellectionner des nationalit s mais de collecter des informations et de concr tiser de mani re pratique leurs cons quences r elles Traditionnellement index e sur la loi du sang et ou du sol la nationalit peut sacique rir en contournant ces criteres Tous les textes ont des failles qui permettent d une facon ou d une autre d acqu rir la nationalit d un pavs choisi Certains pays font m me l promotion de leur nationalit la pr sentent comme une valeur dans le but par exemple de faire entrer des capitaux en proposant une tr
22. MATTHIEU LAURETTE SELECTED WORKS 1993 2003 WWW LAURETTE NET MATTHIEU LAURETTE http www laurette net By turning the laws of marketing and the mass media to his advantage Matthieu Laurette incorporates his work within a strategy of infiltration and redistribution In 1993 he established his artistic birth certificate by taking part in a TV game called Tournez man ge where the female presenter asked him who he was to which he replied A multime dia artist Since then he has been using TV as both a work place and a work tool by instrumentalizing the ability of this medium to bring together not only means of produc tion and broadcasting but an audience to boot In an initial phase by assuming the status of passive viewer which is offered to all citizens by the spectacle system he took his place among the audience in a whole host of TV shows putting together a series of Apparitions Appearances ready made images which owed as much to Duchamp s idea of rendez vous as they did to Warhol s fifteen minutes of fame When the cable TV channel aptly named Spectacle offered him air time he elected to make the video Le Spectacle n est pas termin The Spectacle isn t Over 1998 where he got passers by on the Champs Elys es to read excerpts from Guy Debord s book thus showing the extent to which the society of the spectacle had cynically encompassed his own criticism Being on TV can of course create a precarious form of fame when i
23. Uso 2000 The Bridges Pescara Italie Courtesy de l artiste Watihieu Laurette Euro Calc Retransmission en direct de la finale de l Euro 2000 France Always a Finn That Wins ie tout son budget de echt a l acquisition qui ont ete grattees la chaine sa direction du vernis dans un mobilier de Alvar Aalto Vue de l action exposition Social Hackers Muu Gallery Helsinki Finlande Matthien Laurette t s Pour l exposition Social Hackers l artiste a d de cartes gratter de la Loterie Finlandaise SOLS par quatre volontaires lors 3laz com 5 tore EUG way FEO OCTOBER 2000 8 00 rms Matthieu Laurette Applause part 2 1998 2000 video installation BERLIN MATTHIEU LAURETTE C O BERLIN Matthieu Laurette is a sort of modern day hunger artist Currently based in Paris Laurette became well known in his native France for having survived almost exclu sively on products with money back guarantees He ate the food then asked for a reimbursement claiming to be some what less than percent satisfied Since then his projects have moved beyond a preoccupation with free con sumer goods to a consideration of how to profit from the media s insatiable need for images Evidently influenced by Guy Debord the artist attempts to exploit the transformation of life into an endless accumulation of spectacles For his rece
24. V viewers in Bilbao a chance to buy consumer goods at knockdown prices A Fiat Seicento is bartered and bought in exchange for a computer which is in turn swapped for a TV set and so on right down a pack of six blue glasses This paradoxical system scales objects down using a principle of deva luation and equivalence The negiotiations required for this loose informal economy set up a contract between the artist and the onlooker which certainly describes Matthieu Laurette s transgressive economy intentionally placed under the aegis of recycling ina world in the grip of commodification Pascal Beausse Text previously published in the catalogue La Biennale di Venezia 49a Esposizione Internazionale d Arte Platea dell Umanita Plateau of Humankind Plateau der Menschheit Plateau de l huma nit Electa Venice 2001 MATTHIEU LAURETTE http www laurette net En retournant a son avantage les lois du marketing et des mass m dias Matthieu Laurette inscrit son travail dans une strat gie d infiltration et de redistribution En 1993 il d termine son acte de naissance artistique par sa participation au jeu t l vis Tournez man ge ou interrog par Evelyne Leclerc il se d clare artiste multim dia D s lors il utilise la t l vision comme lieu et outil de travail en instrumentalisant la capacit de ce m dium r unir des moyens de production et de diffusion ainsi qu un public Dans un premier temps a
25. abinet des Estampes Gen ve 1998 affiche s rigraphi e 128 x 90 cm dition de 15 num rot e et sign e Bottom left on the wall Generously supported by Le Cabinet des Estampes Gen ve 1998 Silk screen poster 128 x 90 cm ed 15 numbered and signed Jean Ph e Lem e Just like woman Bob Dylan proviso ppp Neva Hadda Gun KRS ONE Tania Mouraud Rind de de Haidouks ad rr Baar Milan e iin noe le Garage Duo Genovadve amp Guy J placide TERON i Matthieu Laurette Play List let s dance d tail 1997 Installation sonore edition 1 CD 1 EA compilation mix e de musiques pour danser choisies par les artistes et les commissaires de l exposition From One Point to Another Galerie Soardi Nice Play List let s dance detail 1997 Sound Installation edition of 1 1 AP LAB mixed compilation of favorite dance tunes chosen by the curators and artists in the show From One Point TIE yi to Another Galerie Soardi Suit Us The T PRS D RLU Ipli LINE FOR VR Dp 75 NA JARWI Matthieu Laurette Play List Let s Dance d tail 1997 Intervention a La Sorbonne Disques Nice dans le cadre de 1 exposition From One Point to Another Galerie Soardi Nice stickers appos s sur les CD recommand s par l
26. ale de reconnaitre leur incapacit montrer le monde entier m me si cela est impossible et ne changerait au fond pas grand chose On a donc envoy cent douze courriers identiques en t te de La Biennale di Venezia sign s par Harald Szeemann tous les pays non participants y compris les dictatures proposant que je les repr sente en change de leur nationalit Comme dans beaucoup de mes projets je ne suis pas le seul impliqu chacun est ici directement engag et prend ses responsabilit s Harald 5zeemann en signant les courriers le pr sident de La Biennale qui a valid le projet On voit ainsi comment un projet traverse d autres champs et d autres temps que celui de exposition visible Mais on peut l gitimement s interroger sur le sens de cette proposition n y a t il pas l une d marche de type colonialiste Cela met mi un certain nombre de dis positifs sous jacents l exposition Qui des m canismes bien r els l uvre dans d autres champs que celui propre l exposition qui elle fonctionne en vase clos Dire de La Biennale qu elle est la manifestation la plus prestigieuse ne correspond jamais qu au point de vue porte par ntre petit milieu de Une grande partie des destinataires ne connait sans doute pas La Biennale de Venise et dans le cas contraire pour un pays cela n a sans doute pas l importance d une invitation au Salon de l Agriculture ou aux Jeux Olympiques
27. amp flyers How to get your money back video projection Apparitions Money Back Products 96 97 video on a loop till cashier receptionist Showroom view detail Mobile 2000 28 rue Rousselet Jean Chatelus Storage Paris Photo Marc Domage Courtesy the artist amp private collection Paris Venez d couvrir les produits 100 rembours s Lundi 13 octobre 16 h place Saint Clair Mardi octobre 11 h place Canclaux 16 h place des Dervallieres Mercredi 15 octobre 15 h rond point Abel Durand dit de Chatai Whe Jeudi 16 oc h place Zo 19hc des D res Vendredi 17 octobre 16 h place Zola Apr s le Show roomy Mangez rembours Samedi 18 ob Rue Rousselet Bt place des Dervallieres marche Paris avril M E T De 16 h 19 h au FRAC 7 rue Fr deric Kuhlmann Ancien passage Lavoisier Pour les autres lieux infos quotidiennes au O2 40 71 81 41 Apr s la Folie des produits de vrera rembours s Parc en vivons i im de La Villette Paris 4 rembours s E septembre 97 Comment faire ses achats rembours s M thode et conseils pratiques par Matthieu Laurette Jeudi 16 octobre conf rence 19 h Maison de quartier des Dervalli res 5 rue Auguste Renoir Une d gustation de produits aura lieu l issue de la conf rence Menu rembours pour 2 3 personnes Mint fob z zues ap ritif Brossard gt Lasagnes at ha s
28. ative of the Federated States of Micronesia to the United Nations 820 Second Avenue Suite 17A New York N Y 10017 Telefax 212 697 8295 Excellency The Venice Biennial the most important art exhibition in the world will open its 49th edition this year from June 10 to November 4 This exhibition attracts a wide audience from all over the world over 250 000 visitors came to the Biennial in 1999 and approximately 300 000 are expected in 2001 International in scope the Venice Biennial brings together artists from over 80 countries There are many countries however which are not represented in the exhibition For this reason a French artist Matthieu Laurette see attached resume whom have invited would like to extend the number of participant countries in the Venice Biennial Since your country is not a participant he would like to make a very special request would you be willing to provide him with citizenship if in return he represents your country in the Biennial If this proposal is agreeable to you please let Matthieu Laurette know how he may go about attaining citizenship of your country Would your country accept dual citizenship You may address your response to Matthieu Laurette La Biennale di Venezia Visual Arts dpt c o Cecilia Liveriero Lavelli Ca Giustinian San Marco Venezia 30124 fax 00 39 41 5218895 e mail liveriero amp labiennale com matthieu laurette net As we move towards globalization
29. ck Life 2001 Stand d information sur les produits rembours s Figure en cire a taille r elle chariot de supermarch rempli de produits rembours s sur un socle tournant 3 posters grande taille de coupures de presse agrandies mur de t l viseurs et lecteur DVD vid o Apparitions Produits rembours s 96 97 en boucle Vue de l installation d tail exposition Art amp Economy Deichtorhallen Hambourg 28 f vrier 24 juin 2002 Money Back Life 2001 Information stand for money back products life size wax figure with supermarket trolley filled with 100 money back products on a turning podium 3 large size posters of enlarged newspaper cuttings TV wall and DVD player video Apparitions Money Back Products 96 97 on a loop Installation view detail Art amp Economy exhibition Hamburg Germany 28 February 24 June 2002 Recherche financement de nationalite env US S 35 000 pour un passeport du Cap Vert env US S 50 000 pour un passeport de Belize env US S 50 000 pour un passeport de la Dominique env US S 250 000 pour un passeport de St Kitts amp Nevis env US S 1 million pour un passeport de l Autriche Matthieu Laurette Contrats de financement de nationalit s 1998 o projet en cours info www citizenship project com Financing contract for citizenships 1998 in progress Work in progress info www citizenship project com Soit une liste de prix d obtention de nationalit s 35 000
30. consacr l ensemble du budget de production pour acqu rir des billets de la loterie Lounto Arpa qui ont t gratt s par quatre visiteurs pendant le vernissage sous sa direction dans un mobilier d Alvar Aalto Evenement et vue de l installation muu Galleria Helsinki It is always a Finn that wins Finnish Lottery Veikkaus Oy Ab 2000 The artist dedicated all his production budget in acquiring Lounto Arpa lottery cards that had been scratched out by four visitors during the opening under his direction in an Alvar Aalto environment Event and installation view muu Galleria Helsinki Matthieu Laurette D j vu l re rencontres de sosies 2000 Exposition Au del du spectacle Centre Georges Pompidou Paris D j vu 1st Look Alikes Convention 2000 Exhibition Au del du spectacle Centre Georges le ud Pompidou Paris Matthieu Laurette D j Vu 1st International Lookalike Convention Poster Prototype Design by deValence Paris 2001 Tirage lambda contrecoll sur aluminium 160 x 120 cm dition de 3 Vue d installation exposition Form Follows Fiction organis par Jeffrey Deitch Castello di Rivoli octobre d cembre 2001 Courtesy de l artiste et collection priv e Paris D j Vu 1st International Lookalike Convention Poster Prototype Design by deValence Paris 2001 lambda Print mounted aluminium 160 x 120 cm edition of 3 installation view Form Follows Fiction
31. e Great Exchange Bilbao 2000 video stills from the TV programm r Thelkuth is this is one great computer you re taking with you Matthieu Laurette El Gran Trueque Le Grand Troc Salle de projection mobile pour concept d pos de programme TV a vendre Production Consonni Bilbao 2000 dition 3 ex 1 EA vid o de demonsnstration 34 min tranf r e sur DVD videoprojection si ges texte mural Vue d installation PLAN B De Appel Amsterdam Avril Mai 2000 courtesy de l artiste amp Consonni Bilbao ed 1 3 FRAC Collection Aquitaine Bordeaux El Gran Trueque The Great Exchange mobile screening room for copyrighted TV programme concept for sale produced by Consonni Bilbao 2000 edition 3 ex 1 AP Demo tape 34 min transfered onto DVD video projection seats Wall text Screening room view exhibition PLAN B De Appel Amsterdam April May 2000 courtesy the artist amp Consonni Bilbao ed 1 3 FRAC Collection Aquitaine Bordeaux CASTING CALL ON TELEVISION 750 Francisco St enter in driveway up stairs straight ahead Matthieu Laurette On Television Sur la T l vision 1999 programme t l vis 60 min son couleur diffus sur City Vision Channel 53 Community Access Television San Francisco les 6 29 30 31 octobre 1999 et installation casting de 45 figurants lisant la conf rence t l vis e de Pierre Bourdieu S
32. e Guy Debord qu il inscrit et efface mesure sur un tableau blanc Pour que les lecteurs aient l air de s adresser la cam ra il tient le tableau juste c t du cadreur The Spectacle is not Over 1998 excerpts Above La culture devenue int gralement marchandise ae doit aussi devenir marchandise vedette de la SEEN soci t spectaculaire On the Champs Elys es Matthieu Laurette stops passers by and suggests they read excerpts from La soci t du spectacle by Guy Debord which he writes down and erases as they are read and recorded So that the readers look as if they were talking to the camera he holds the white board just beside the cameraman Toute la vie des soci t s dans lesquelles r gnent les conditions modernes de production s annonce comme une immense accumulation de spectacles Matthieu Laurette Le Spectacle n est pas termin 1998 Installation vid o dition de 3 1 E A cran plasma ou vid o projection 2 min en boucle couleur son vue d installation exposition Au del du spectacle Centre Georges Pompidou Paris 2000 2001 courtesy de l artiste dition 1 3 collection Fonds National d Art Contemporain Paris The Spectacle Is Not Over 1998 Video installation edition of 3 1 A P plasma screen or video projection 2 min on a loop color sound subtitles installation view exhibition Au del du spectacle Centre Pompidou Paris 2000 2001
33. e mann Director otLa Biennale di Venezia iD4rEIrETII xcuidsctf Bis i azb Matthieu Laurette Other Countries Pavillion Citizenship Project 2001 Work in Progress d tail Lettre envoy e aux ambassadeurs repr sentants permanents des 112 pays non repr sent s la 49e Biennale de Venise cette annec Plateau de l humanit Biennale di Venezia 49th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art Venise Italie courtesy de l artiste amp Jousse Entreprise Paris liste des pays Afghanistan Alg rie Andorre Angola Antigua and Barbuda Azerba djan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize B nin Bhutan Botswana Brunei Darus salam Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodge Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Cote d ivoire Democratic People s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopie Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Inde Indonesie Iraq Jordan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People s Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Lybian Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Micronesia Federated States of Monaco Mongolie Morocco Mozanbique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Niger Oman Pakistan Palau Papua New Guinea Qatar Republic
34. e to use for its broadcasting and advertising purposes The show claims the rights to his image and distributes it publicly on the airwaves whereupon he copies it from his own television set and then redistributes it as an artwork Ultimately the release agree ment puts the artist s signature on a powerful social portrait which demon strates that the passive spectator can indeed become an active producer Having found yet another loop in the system Laurette remains fanatically true to living off the perpetual motion of contemporary capitalism be it generated by the object or the image To date he has preferred to exploit the existing means of production refusing to make separate art objects instead taking what others have produced and recontextualizing it His work amounts to nothing more or less than the fine art of appearances supplemented only by the familiar promo tional materials that typically accompany them videos T shirts posters and post cards Through an extreme economy of means Laurette has pushed the demate rialization of the art object to its limit embracing consumer culture to the point where his works cannot exist without it Jennifer Allen 154 ARTFORUM 12e 7 Arts Young gifted and French Across the Channel Britart is regarded as vulgar and smug So how do they do things over there As a new show of contemporary French art opens in Scotland the first in the UK
35. enerate their own tools which one can in turn appropriate and use They are forms made by others products generated through a context that contains their process In my view the field of art starts takes off at the point where form begins The gallery space and its economy is another tool and context like to use when it s more effective for what I m doing first appeared on TV in 1993 on the French television game show Tournez Ma nege The Dating Game as just another con testant When was introduced to the audience the presenter asked me what wanted to be come later in life and answered an artist She went on to ask me what medium worked in painting sculpture to which an swered multimedia A few days before the program was broadcasted about 200 people received by mail an invitation sent by me to watch the show This was the first rendez vous of a series of Apparitions which made be tween 1993 and 1995 In this context was never introduced as an artist From finding myself among the crowd applauding in TV au diences to being a guest on talk shows was part of the image was what TV calls real people They were using me was using them am a product and am a selfmedia In 1996 decided to merge the mass media Apparitions with the money back products activities had been developing for several years After being selected for the TV show Je passe la t l
36. es artistes et les curators vendus au prix public Play List let s dance detail 1997 Intervention at La Sorbonne record shop Nice as part of the exhibition From One Point to Another Galerie Soardi Nice stickers on CDs recommended by the artists and cura tors sold at regular price RIR Il estu moriis 52157 Matthieu Laurette L or est nous 1998 Chaine et 8 pendentifs en or 18 carats tiquettes de prix emballage et pr sentoir L or est nous Gold is ours 1998 Necklace and 8 pendants in gold 18 K labels with prices box and display Matthieu Laurette Applaus 1998 d tail lots offerts par des commergants de la ville podium tirage au sort invitations num rot es vue d installation Casco Projects Utrecht Applaus 1998 detail Lots offered by Utrecht local stores podium draw numbered invitation cards Installation view detail Casco Projects Utrecht act hy 4 3 Ned OF XN Matthieu Laurette Hairtattoo The label is back fashion all time top 40 selected by The Face 2000 dans le cadre de l exposition Hairstyling la coupe du mois F vrier mars 2001 Salon de coiffure Complice Paris d tails details Gucci Hairtattoo Carhartt Hairtattoo Tommy Hilffiger Hairtattoo Hairtattoo The label is back fashion all time top 40 selected by The Face 2000 February March 2000 Salon Coiffure Complice Paris as part of the show Hairstyling The Haircut
37. ew car worth 1 013 000 Ptas which is what is being offered in the first Great Exchange The audience is invited to propose by phone an object that they would buy for the exchange Only the highest offer is selected The proposed object is purchased and then exchanged with the object at stake each week in the shops in Bilbao before television cameras and the media The object that has been purchased and exchanged becomes in turn the Great Exchange of the following week So El Gran Trueque began with the exchange of a car and finished after a few months with a set of 6 blue glasses excerpt from the press release Consonni Bilbao 2000 Matthieu Laurette El Gran Trueque Le Grand Troc Bilbao 2000 a taiis 1 Flyer distribu plus de 150 000 foyers de Bilbao 24 x 17 cm 2 Vue de tournage Fiat Seicento mod le Young mise en jeu le 3 janvier 2000 pr sent e par l animatrice Alicia San Juan sur la cha ne Canal Bizkaia Bilbao courtesy del artiste amp consonni Bilbao El gran Trueque The Great Exchange Bilbao 2000 details Li Flyer distributed to over 150 000 households in Bilbao 2 Spain size 240 x 170 mm Shooting view Fiat Seicento Young presented by the presenter Alicia San Juan on Canal Bizkaia TV Bilbao courtesy the artist amp consonni Bilbao Matthieu Laurette El gran Trueque Le Grand Troc Bilbao 2000 extraits du programme t l vis El gran Trueque Th
38. f snapshot ar rg Jc xr ions o4 identity noranc e anc I ON THE WAY HOME THE BRITISH PSYCHOANALY MCAL SOCIETY Y 13 WE EMEI VW Phone fot 5411 Ricupero Cristina Interview with Matthieu Laurette Social Hackers Exh Cat Helsinki Frame Nifca 2001 Interview with Matthieu Laurette Cristina Ricupero Your projects seem to explore the boundaries between what is perceived as art and what is not This is also due to the fact that most of them actually take place outside the gallery space on TV magazines the Internet in the supermarket You have directly addressed this issue in Apparitions where the artistic project involved your participation in a series of talk shows on French TV This was also a way to communicate your project Satisfait ou rem bours Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back and to make it function In these TV shows as well as in the general press you were often perceived more as a social phenomenon rath er than as an artist Could you comment on this ambiguous role and how you relate to it Matthieu Laurette Well I m trying to find the best spots to de velop activities that often interact with differ ent audiences Using tools that surround us and include their own systems of production and their own audiences l m trying to hack or hijack contexts media audiences budgets etc that produce disjunctions Disjunctions of ten g
39. generosity to help us develop DRINKS BY We hope to count you amongst the generous supporters already allowing this exciting and ambitious project to continue If you have designed produced or know someone artist winery brewery museum gallery that produces special art editions limited edition labels bottles cans which could be included in the DRINKS BY archive please let us know about it www drinksby net Archive in progress Courtesy de l artiste Courtesy the artist a 26 octobre 2001 implace com mnchal Alara JOM iri IA ICA architecture art gt paysage ARTISTE EN EMBUSCADE enise FRANCE Paris 1 52 Geneve 10FF Help me to become US citizen www citizenship project com us MATTHIEU LAURETTE NARCOTIC DESIGN LES M TIERS DU BON DOCTEUR KHOM M 5140 25 1000 F 152 i II fre 1 59 1017 Belgique 60 46 lt Portugal cont 300 pe Suisse 3 60 Canada 3 50 MATTHIEU LAURETTE UN ARTISTE EN EMBUSCADE zp Qi T Cue aam 1 i b 944 407 707 Matthieu Laurette El gran trueque Le Grand Troc 2000 Concept d pos de programme t l vis vendre produit par Consonni Bilbao d tail flyer dit 150 000 exemplaires distribu dans les boites aux lettres de tous les habitants de Bilbao Courtesy de l artiste amp Consonni Bilbao Matthieu Laurette El gran trueque Le Grand Troc 2000 Concept d
40. he Money back lana tone ue tow io iive MASTE reveals all his secrets Trawls has pone through TER offers are thncthy PAYING FOR YOUR ITEMS Ad offers are Ty lied to receipt meer jer aru ip your hoan in the country or bey the ve At the most there in the cost of i E change PROOF OF PURCHASE Cri uer eus vill be bo keep the s ril acturer the application Tom packaging and or a sheet Matthieu Laurette Apparition The freebie king Daily record UK Vendredi 8 d cembre 2000 d tail Apparition The freebie king Daily record UK Friday December 8 2000 detail Matthieu Laurette The Freebie King 2001 Figure en cire taille r elle chariot de supermarch rempli de produits rembours s Pi ce unique 175 cm 177 x cm x 60 cm Collection particuli re New York The Freebie King 2001 life size wax figure with supermarket trolley filled with 100 money back products Unique piece 175 cm 177 x cm x 60 cm Private collection New York Matthieu Laurette La vita Rimborsata Money Back Life Stand d information sur les produits rembours s 2001 Vues d installation 49e Biennale de Venise 2001 Figure en cire a taille r elle chariot de supermarch rempli de produits rembours s sur un socle tournant 3 posters grande taille de coupures de presse agrandies camion transform pour d monst
41. her projects was interested in making direct interventions in what is the basic element of the trading system the regu lated circuit of products and values With E Gran Trueque concept the purchase of a less valuable object becomes an exchange medium to obtain an object that is worth more A pam phlet distributed in 150 000 homes through out Bilbao provided all the city residents with information about the project At the same time we were producing daily TV spots and a weekly TV program After a few weeks by word of mouth it became a kind of social phenome After discussing with our lawyers de cided to copyright the concept worldwide so that could have a real concept for sale mean a real product Consonni and are now negoti ating this concept with different TV companies Applaus another project that took place in Casco Projects in Utrecht in 1998 was also providing objects to its audience The project consisted in a lottery in which everyone who received an invitation or who came to visit the place could win prizes that had been donated by shops in Utrecht The show presented the unembellished principle of the non commercial exhibition space the sponsoring was offered directly to the public without the intervention of an art object The Casco team had to send letters to each of the winners to inform them personally to advise them to come and pick up their prizes or to tell them that they would soon
42. hip com http moneybackshopping net Expositions Commodification galerie Jousse Entreprise 34 rue Louise Weiss 75013 Paris jusqu au 20 octobre T l 01 53 82 13 60 i Biennale de Venise Corderie et Giardini jusqu au 4 novembre Social Hackers centre d ditions contemporaines Et Forde espace d art contemporain 4 place des Volontaires Gen ve Suisse jusqu au 11 novembre T l 00 41 22 321 68 22 lemporain Sete qui me sont faites C est ce qui d termine en g n ral le projet r alis Ce qui implique certaines modifications ou adaptations selon les lieux o ils sont pr sent s je ne crois pas l universalit des lieux je ne fais pas des objets atemporels et atopiques Vous prenez soin d inscrire toutes vos interventions dans une stricte l galit que ce soit pour l acquisition de nou velles nationalit s ou avec les Produits rembours s Que repr sente pour vous cette inscription dans un cadre juridique l gal La formalisation des espaces passe souvent par le cadre juridique et me permet de red finir mes espaces de travail La loi est un des modes d interpr tation comment d finir un cadre comment s y mouvoir comment cr er quelque chose sinon en en observant les r gles El gran trueque par exemple procede de cette d marche l invitation de Consonni une structure de production de Bilbao ne poss dant pas de lieu d exposition sp cifique j ai travaill avec eux la
43. i Dominica Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana India Indonesia Iraq Jordan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People s Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Lybian Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Micronesia Federated States of Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozanbique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Niger Oman Pakistan Palau Papua New Guinea Qatar Republic of Moldava Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Seychelles Solomon Islands Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Matthieu Laurette Other Countries Pavillion Citizenship Project 2001 d tail Lettre envoy es aux ambassadeurs repr sentant permanents au Nations Unies a New York des 112 pays non repr sent s a la biennale de venise en 2001 ni dans les pavillons nationaux ni dans la 49e exposition internationale Biennale de Venise 49th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art commissaire Harald Szeemann Other Countries Pavillion Citizenship Project 2001 deta
44. i Venezia 2001 works differ ently asked Harald Szeemann in the context of his exhibition Plateau of Humankind to write letters to the Ambassadors Permanent Repre sentatives to the United Nations in New York of the 112 countries which were not represent ed in the Venice Biennale this year neither in the national pavilions and as participating coun tries nor in the 49th International Exhibition In these letters Szeemann asked each country if they could provide me with a citizenship if in return represented them in the Biennale Websites amp Links Global Demix iHome Studio lt www laurette net gt Citizenship Project lt www citizenship project com gt Help Me to Become a US Citizen lt www citizenship project com usa gt The secret of free Shopping wwe moneybackshopping net gt
45. iction curated by by Jeffrey Deitch with the support of Alex Carrera Show Management S R L Torino Phototographs by Paolo Pellion Torino Courtesy of the artist LE Evening Standard Wednesday 29 January 2003 7 f ki c at UN B int e PA Role models in the Publicness exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art a lookalike Queen rubs shoulders with other quests including Winston Churchill Prince Charles and the Rollina Stones ecu Art imitates life as ICA 5 7 inition weave ox wine hosts lookalikes party esos to Brosnan John Cleese ened my horizons mor i seemed to be taking an unfatherls anything we ever done before interest in Catherine Zeta Jones amd Matthieu Laurette Perhaps most land and m off to Dublin soon It s why not carry on the Queen was swigging from a bot disconcerting was 31 year old Kelly given me an insight into how real ICA director Philip Dodd said It tle of Becks while discussing cook Smith who bears a staggering stars live and it pays pretty well too is a wonderful idea and in some ery with Liam Gallagher resemblance to Oscar winning was blown away by how many ways rather spooky There is som But as with so much in art last actress Berry people were interested in getting me thing rather disconcerting about night s opening of the Publicness Only when she begins to talk ina to come to their events and my being confronted by dead people I1 hibition
46. il Letter sent to the Ambassadors Permanent Representatives at United Nations in New York of all the 112 countries which are currently not represented in the Venice Biennal on 2001 neither in the national pavilions and participating countries nor in the 49th International Exhibition Venice Biennale 49th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art curated by Harald Szeemann w AE project comlu 5 Matthieu Laurette Help me to become a US citizen 2001 projet in progress pr sent l exposition Really Artists Space New York janvier mars 2001 Help me to become a US citizen 2001 Work in progress presented at Really exhibition Artists Space New York January March 2001 Wanna help me Every donation or service is welcome What kind of service are you able to provide Legal advice Sponsorship Apartment Employment other services Contact me Help me to become a US citizen by Matthieu Laurette is a How to project an attempt to firstly become a US permanent resident and then to be naturalized The artist aims to use the proposal to realize suitable living conditions in New York such as a job an apartment a decent standard of living and sponsorship whether as an artist through marriage or through an employer All offers will be given serious consi deration Barbara Hunt Artists Space New York Vue de l exposition Artists Space New York Exhibition View a
47. ing an advertisement programme Intervention view video bilboard at Alexander Platz Berlin Courtesy the artist and c o Berlin Matthieu Laurette Applaus teil2 1998 2000 d tails Vue d installation panneau vid o sur un immeuble de Jean Nouvel Friedrich Strasse Berlin Inserts vid o de 5 secondes interrompant un programme publicitaire Vue d installation panneau vid o a la gare Bahnhof Zoo Berlin Inserts vid o de 5 secondes interrompant un programme publicitaire Courtesy de l artiste et c o Berlin Applaus teil2 1998 2000 details installation view video bilboard on a building by Jean Nouvel Friedrich Strasse Berlin 5 sec video inserts interrupting an advertisement programme installation view video bilboard at Zoo Station Berlin 5 sec video inserts interrupting an advertisement programme Courtesy the artist and c o Berlin r Sk ed Dans le monde r ellement renvers le vrai est un moment du faux Tout ce qui tait directement v cu s est loign dans une repr sentation SAJ 72 Chaque nouveau de la publicit est aussi l aveu de son mensonge pr c dent Matthieu Laurette Le spectacle n est pas termin 1998 extraits Ci dessus Vue du tournage Sur les champs Elys es une quipe t l de la chaine Spectacle arr te les passants et leur propose de lire des phrases de la Soci t du spectacle d
48. ion n cessaire pour votre activit artistique Je ne m int resse pas au mim tisme l y a un nombre consid rable d tudiants aux Beaux Arts ou m me d artistes qui font de la fausse t l vision de la vid o Pour moi la t l vision c est avant tout de la diffusion Ce n est pas du contenu Les Nuls les Guignols ou encore les Inconnus ont tr s bien montr mieux que des artis tes il me semble tous les ressorts possibles du mim tisme de et la t l vision Une uvre comme Le spectacle nest pas termin a t tourn e par des professionnels de la t l vision auxquels j ai fait appel pour leurs comp tences mais que j ai aussi utilis s contre emploi les faisant ainsi sortir de leur champ de comp tences De m me ce micro trottoir tourn sur les Champs Elys es ne consistait pas r pondre des questions mais lire des phrases de Guy Debord Je d finis des cadres que je pervertis Ce qui m int resse c est plutot d interf rer avec un monde que je ne connais pas qui m est totalement ext rieur mais qui p n tre chez moi depuis que je suis enfant Je ne comprends pas le mim tisme en tant qu acte artistique je ne le comprends qu l uvre dans le champ auquel il appartient et c est ce moment l que je le trouve int ressant Plut t qu la question de la simulation je m int resse l assimilation car elle pose la question de qui regarde et d o l on parle L art n est pas exclu du r
49. itcn dua 14 jullat 10 odobre 1900 Fou Lens gross Association Pour Pr figuration de la LAURETTE BANK UNLIMITED Centre R gional Contempomin Languedoc Fesasilen 26 quai Apron Heber F4 200 Sate 100501 19949 2041 Association lai 1901 co fondee avec Nicolas Gourriaud Dans l entr e de l exposition gratuite une caisse tenue par un gardien propose aver l entr e de l expos Participation au frais facultative au profit de L a Ociation pour ba pr figuration de la Laurette Bank Unlimited L association a pour but de cr er des v nements artistiques conomiques L un de ses premier projets sera par exemple la cr ation d une banque offshore dans un tis SC at detail billets d entr e payante facultative pour l exposition i4 Centre R gional d Art Ci sociation pour la LAURETTE BANK UNLIMITED Courtesy AS tre actif plut t que rester passif cela impliquant des d bordements des erreurs et des contradictions Vos interventions Apparitions Vivons rembours s El gran trueque convo quent souvent un public qui n appartient pas ou ne fr quente pas le milieu de l art que recherchez vous travers cela en quoi est ce important Je ne peux pas pr tendre travailler dans un champ en m en excluant Je ne travaille pas in vitro Je ne m int resse pas plus au d placement des gens ext rieurs l art vers une proposition artistique qu
50. izenships also welcome e donations legal For further information s ther in the form of financial advice sponsorship accommodation or other services WWW Citizenship project com info citizenship projecL com Matthieu Laurette Wanted Financial support to acquire citizenships Recherche financement pour aquisition de nationa lit 1998 on going Lettrage vinyle mural urne Texte et dimensions variables vue d Installation exposition Publicness ICA London 2003 Courtesy de l artiste Wanted Financial support to acquire citizenships 1998 on going The system of turning rules and laws inside out in favour of the individual informs the Citizenship Project 1998 ongoing which involves Matthieu Laurette investigating the conditions for obtaining several different nationalities by making this precious information available on a website His goal is to obtain as many nationalities as he can by going beyond the restrictions set by the idea of citizenship in a world that is then truly globalized zxcerpt from Pascal Beausse Matthieu Laurette La Biennale di Venezia 49 Esposizione Internationale d Arte Platea dell umanita Exhibition Catalogue Venezia Electa 2000 Vinyl lettering on wall donation box Variable text and dimensions Courtesy of the artist installation view exhibition Publicness ICA London la Biennale di Venezia Venice 25th of May 2001 H E Mr Masao Nakayama Permanent Represent
51. mblez moins soucieux de cr er de nouvelles formes que de manipuler et transformer celles d ja existantes Je ne crois pas aux utopies J appartiens une g n ration qui fait suite une p riode d utopie j ai grandi dans une situation politique conomique et sociale qui vu s crouler ou ne pas aboutir diff rentes propositions surtout dans l art qui visaient r soudre des problemes de soci t Je n aborde pas mon travail avec l id e de d couverte d invention Je ne me d finirais pas non plus comme un cr ateur terme trop connot associ depuis les ann es quatre vingt la mode Dans quelle mesure le statut de l artiste n est il pas uniquement un statut plus ou moins conomique et juridique De plus je n ai jamais cherch m exclure de la soci t mais au contraire m y inclure de mani re atypique en d veloppant certains exc s et en en refr nant d autres Je parle de choses tangibles mais je ne produis pas des formes uniquement mat rielles L ensemble de votre ceuvre repose sur l id e dApparition laquelle pr suppose quelque chose d ant rieur invisible que pr cis ment elle fait surgir Faut il voir ici une m taphore de l art En quoi l uvre rev t elle toujours la forme du surgissement Lapparition ne renvoie pas uniquement ce qui est d j pr sent on peut consid rer que c est aussi r unir les conditions qui font apparaitre En fait d apparition on devrait parle
52. n cessaires la production le lieu de diffusion et le public On peut ainsi constituer un mat riau conomiquement riche avec des moyens faibles il est facile d apparaitre la t l vision il suffit UN ARTISTE EN EMBUSCADE A l inverse de la strat gie des petits labels musicaux qui tentent de r sister aux majors je cherche tre d pendant je me consid re comme un artiste d pendant Cette d pendance d une certaine mani re c est l adh sion la communaut Vous ne croyez pas l alternatif Je crois des alternatives d pendantes Cette notion de d pendance r sulte pour moi de la question de savoir comment produire aujourd hui C est en allant cr er mon ind pendance dans la d pendance en allant utiliser des mat riaux produits par d autres que je trouve les formes qui me semblent les plus ad quates Pour revenir au terme d Apparition c est la fois la beaut de l apparition mystique que l on trouve videmment dans l art et l apparition triviale que l on trouve au cin ma ou la t l vision telle l guest star dans une sit com Je dois aussi me d brouiller avec ces ambiguit s de langage et ces ambiguit s conomiques Un certain nombre d artistes ont recours des pratiques mim tiques notamment de la vie conomique Votre pratique s inscrit au contraire d embl e dans un r el d j constitu Vous affirmez par ailleurs travailler dans le r el Est ce l une condit
53. nt Berlin show Laurette OCTOBER 2000 153 made nothing more than a fleeting appearance As a part of the ongoing public art project c o berlin which has been introducing the work of French artists to the city Laurette contributed Applaus Teil 2 Applause part 2 1998 2000 images of the artist in an applauding crowd shown on the large scale information screens at Alexander platz Galeries Lafayette and Zoo Station The clips which last little more than five seconds were taken from popular French television game and talk shows in which Laurette participated as a member of the studio audience The piece however ephemeral punctu ated the continual flood of news weather reports and advertisements flowing past on the monumental screens with these moments of happy affirmation of some collective consensus Due to Laurette s presence the camera s sweeping scan of the audience what he calls television s wallpaper is at once personalized and redirected to a whole new set of spectators who are invited to catch a glimpse of the artist in the crowd Unlike other projections in public spaces Laurette s work remains entirely depen dent not only on the existing screens but also on the television shows which essen tially pay the production costs of his video clips Before appearing Laurette signs a release agreement definitively giving up all rights to the image of his face which the television station is fre
54. on a loop Composit 1997 composit impression offset pr sentoir mural offset composit mural display unit vues de l exposition exhibition views Matthieu Laurette Pierre Joseph FRAC Languedoc Roussillon Montpellier DOCUMENTS PAGE 1 ns Matthieu Laurette Free Sample Demix 1998 publication 96 pages Paris Galerie Jousse Seguin 1998 Essai de Alexis Vaillant documentation 1993 1998 biographie chronologie d exposition bibliographie puis Free Sample Demix 1998 publication 96 pages Paris Galerie Jousse Seguin 1998 Essay by Alexis Vaillant documentation of works 1993 1998 biography exhibition chronology bibliography out of print 4 FREE SAMPLE REMIX 9 BOSCO SALAI RO 425 91 DJ 50 GRATIS RATS 453 Q3 1 2 MI CRO MNO 15 Matthieu Laurette Free Sample Remix by Bosco Serge Comte LNa 2XL Mr Learn RM DJ Sid tetrapak 1998 d tail Installation sonore deux bornes d coute 2 CD R disque vinyle flyers Free Sample Remix by Bosco Serge Comte LNa 2XL Mr Learn RM DJ Sid tetrapak 1998 d tail Sound installation 2 listening stations 2 CD R amp vinyle LP flyers Ci dessous vues de l exposition Free Sample remix galerie Jousse Seguin Paris 1998 Bottom Page exhibition views Free Sample remix galerie Jousse Seguin Paris 1998 En bas gauche au mur Generously supported by Le C
55. ou France 2 26 f vrier 1994 Vincent l heure France 3 2 d cembre 1994 Rapido annonces du 12 au 18 d cembre 1994 La Grande famille sujet Je ne sors pas de chez moi Canal 5 janvier 1995 Dimensions variables Courtesy de l artiste ed 1 3 Collection Fond National d Art Contemporain Paris Apparitions 1993 95 selection 1995 video installation edition of 3 1 A P TV set DVD player articulated wall bracket video transferred onto DVD Duration 13 50 on a loop with english subtitles TV excerpts Tournez Man ge TF1 March 19 1993 Fran ais si vous parliez France 3 April 28 1993 Frou Frou France 2 February 26 1994 Vincent l heure France 3 December 2 1994 Rapido annonces MCM December 12 18 1994 La Grande famille Je ne sors pas de chez moi Canal January 5 1995 Dimensions variable Courtesy the artist ed 1 3 Collection Fond National d Art Contemporain Paris De haut en bas de la colonne Apparition Tournez Man ge TF1 16 mars 1993 extrait Apparition Frangais si vous parliez France 3 28 avril 1993 extrait Apparition Vincent l heure France 3 2 d cembre 1994 extrait Apparition Rapido Annonces MCM diffusion 3 fois par jour du 12 au 18 d cembre 1994 extrait Apparition La grande famille Canal 5 janvier 1995 extrait From top to bottom column Apparition Tournez Man ge The Dating Game TF1 T V March 16 1993 excerpt
56. r alisation d un projet commun bati autour du budget de production L argent manait en effet du gouvernement basque qui ne soutient que rarement des projets artistiques trangers Me trouvant dans une position atypique j ai donc entam une r flexion sur ce que repr sentait ce budget et sur la maniere possible de le formaliser J ai achet une voiture neuve avec une partie du budget que l on a redistribu e aux habitants de Bilbao au travers de tout un syst me de troc en s rie modifi adapt et publicis C tait aussi la premi re fois que je tra vaillais vraiment avec des avocats pas tant pour distinguer ce qui tait l gal de ce qui ne l tait pas mais pour garantir ma libert d finir mon champ d action el ainsi donner un statut juridique ces changes Propos recueillis par Aline Caillet gt Matthieu Laurette Help me to become a US cit W citizenship project cou Matthieu Laurette Help me to become a US cirizem 2001 Work in Progress Projet de financement pour acqu rir la nationalit am ricaine web wwwectizensh Ip project com usa Photio io Fuori Use 2000 Italie 2 Juillet 2000 sur un t l viseur pendant le vernissage el rediffusion chaque soir dans l exposition Fuori Uso 2000 ct somme de 1 000 000 de Lire pari e et perdue par l artiste sur le score final du match Vue de l installation Fuori
57. r de r apparition l apparition pr supposant une premi re vision on ne reconnait que ce qu on a d j vu Le role des artistes me semble t il est de rendre visible ce qui ne l est pas d agencer des l ments qui sont d j l Il n y a de toute facon pas de cr ation ex nihilo puisqu on ne fabrique pas la mati re Je ne suis pas dans une fr n sie de productions d objets dans ce monde qui en produit a profusion Je fais tout de m me des choses tangi bles je ne me contente pas de faire exister des moments il y a aussi parfois une forme mat rielle qui en r sulte parce qu elle me semble la forme la plus ad quate pour ce que j ai voulu mettre en place parfois il s agit juste d un objet parfois d une situation Mais finalement ces produits ne sont toujours que les parties d un tout indissociables de leur mode de produc tion et de diffusion de leur sens et des tapes qui les ont constitu s La s rie des Apparitions a d marr de la sorte par une interrogation sur la mani re de produire un travail avec des moyens financiers r duits et sans commande c est dire finalement travailler avec ce qui est d j l et l int rieur d espaces qui peuvent tre remplis qui ont besoin de contenu Si je suis all la t l vision c est aussi parce que d un seul coup on pouvait produire quelque chose La t l vision poss de a priori tout ce dont un artiste pourrait avoir besoin les l ments
58. ration mur de t l viseurs et lecteur DVD vid o Apparitions Produits rembours s 96 97 en boucle La vita Rimborsata Money Back Life Information stand for money back products 2001 installation view 49th Venice Biennale 2001 life size wax figure with supermarket trolley filled with 100 money back products on a turning podium 3 large size posters of enlarged newspaper cuttings life size truck converted for display TV wall and DVD player video Apparitions Money Back Products 96 97 ona loop Matthieu Laurette Money Back Life 2001 Stand d information sur les produits rembours s Figure en cire a taille r elle chariot de supermarch rempli de produits rembours s sur un socle tournant 3 posters grande taille de coupures de presse agrandies mur de t l viseurs et lecteur DVD vid o Apparitions Produits rembours s 96 97 en boucle Vue de l installation d tail exposition Art amp Economy Deichtorhallen Hambourg 28 f vrier 24 juin 2002 Money Back Life 2001 Information stand for money back products life size wax figure with supermarket trolley filled with 100 money back products on a turning podium 3 large size posters of enlarged newspaper cuttings TV wall and DVD player video Apparitions Money Back Products 96 97 on a loop Installation view detail Art amp Economy exhibition Hamburg Germany 28 February 24 June 2002 Matthieu Laurette Money Ba
59. receive one of the particular gifts allotted Hair cut vouchers Calvin Klein Boxers Gold fish in its bowl Ikea deck chairs Dutch Cheese All the prizes were displayed on a podium Ina sense the exhibition consisted in showing the progressive dismantling of the podium as the prizes were sent off to the winners or claimed on the spot since had saved the production budget decided to transfer this public money to the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotter dam which was launching a subscription for its new wing extension Like the other dona tors a brick with my name will be set into the wall of the museum Mine could be of course considered as a signed sculpture Cristina Ricupero The questioning of the value given to merchan dise and the creation proposals of parallel economies or alternative ways of living is also a current factor in your projects What are your expectations Matthieu Laurette prefer activity in contrast to passivity For example the big companies and trusts have es tablished money back guarantee offers to sell more in different countries like France the UK the United States because they know that only very few people will really ask for reim bursement What would happen if every buyer decided not to behave in such a lazy or shy way don t believe in a parallel economy think it s better to be part of the big game and try to be aware of its rules and laws There is
60. rs est theory on the crash of thi New figures show the typi with extra empty seats Matthieu Laurette Apparition Looks Familiar Rob Mc Neil Evening Standard January 29 2003 p 7 2003 cournal ourtesy de l artiste Apparition Looks Familiar Rob Mc Neil Evening Standard January 29 2003 p 7 2003 newspaper Courtesy the artist Raymond Hains Matthieu Laurette Exposition en collaboration Vues g n rales de l exposition chez Jousse entreprise ler juin 27 juillet 2002 Courtesy des artistes Jousse entreprise Paris et collections priv es THE BEER WINE amp OTHER ALCOHOL ART ARCHIVE Matthieu Laurette presents DRINKS BY The Beer Wine And Other Alcohol Art Archive 1999 on going Matthieu Laurette amp DRINKS BY are setting up the first large scale gathering of bottles and cans of alcoholic beverages that have been conceived and designed by artists This ongoing archive was initially exhibited at the Wiesbaden Museum in May 2001 and will go on to be hosted by other international museums and institutions in the future Since 1999 DRINKS BY has collected marketed bottles of wines spirits and beers conceived by modern and contemporary artists from the 20th century up to the present Our aim is not to collect unique pieces but to have one example of each of these special editions of bottles and cans This archive has been primarily built up with donations and we appeal to your
61. ssumant le statut de figurant passif propos tout Citoyen par le syst me spectaculaire il prend place parmi le public d une multitude de shows t l vis s constituant un corpus d Apparitions images ready made qui devraient autant l id e duchampienne de rendez vous qu aux quinze minutes warholiennes de c l brit Lorsque la chaine de t l vision bien nomm e Spectacle lui offre un temps d an tenne il choisit de r aliser la vid o Le spectacle n est pas termin 1998 ou il fait lire aux badauds des Champs Elys es face la cam ra des passages du livre et film de Guy Debord en d montrant combien la soci t du spectacle a d sormais int gr avec cynisme sa propre critique Passer la t l peut certes cr er par la r p tition une pr caire c l brit mais cela ne nourrit pas son homme partir d une r flexion pragmatique sur ses moyens de subsis tance Matthieu Laurette a mis en place avec Les produits rembours s un syst me lui per mettant de subvenir ses besoins vitaux principaux Sa m thode pour consommer sans d penser repose sur le marketing basique des grands groupes industriels alimentaires Il se nourrit gratuitement en achetant uniquement des produits Satisfait ou rembours ou Premier achat rembours Et profite des invitations des m dias de Newlook Sans Aucun Doute pour diffuser le mode d emploi de ses trucs et astuces pour la consommation gratuite Par la simple mais syst matique
62. t Artists Space New York an 4 m a ut xd ii si Laurence Bertrand Dora j GALLIMARD AFAA 709 Matthieu Laurette La biblioth que dispers e 1995 2000 Installation permanente dans les rayonnages jusqu l an 2000 la Biblioth que Saint Bruno Grenoble 90 livres en pr t class s par genre empruntables comme les autres ouvrages de la biblioth que La biblioth que dispers e The Scattered Library 1995 2000 Permanent installation on the shelves until year 2000 at the Saint Bruno Library Grenoble 90 books on loan classified by topic can be bold like other books Matthieu Laurette a contact la biblioth que St Bruno de Grenoble dont je suis responsable pendant l t 1995 Sa demande nous a tonn s et amus s 1 nous a dit La biblioth que pr te moi je voudrais inverser la d marche et pr ter la biblioth que Des dons de lecteurs nous en avons r guli rement Les gens nous am nent des polars crasseux ou des Arlequin qui finissent la poubelle L originalit de la c est qu il nous a pr t ses livres jusqu au ler janvier 2000 Il n a pas fait de tri Pour certains exemplaires rares je lui ai dit qu il prenait des risques Nous en avons cart certains pour des questions de format ou d absence du fonds total d marche de Matthieu de catalogues d exposition il ya 90 livres r pertori s au catalogue le fonds de Matthie
63. t happens repeatedly but not enough to earn a decent living Based on a pragmatic line of thought about his means of subsistence Matthieu Laurette introduced with his Produits rembours s Money back Products a system enabling him to meet his main needs His method of consuming without spending anything is founded on the basic marketing system of the major food corporations He feeds himself for nothing by only ever buying products with the rider Satisfied or your money back or Money back on first purchase He makes the most of invitations from the media to broadcast the instructions for using his free consumer system By merely systematically operating an advertising gimmick Matthieu Laurette The same system of turning rules and laws inside out in favour of the individual informs the Citizenship Project 1998 which involves him in investigating the conditions for on a website His goal is to obtain as many nationalities as he can by going beyond the restrictions set by the idea of citizenship in a world that is then truly globalized This critical power of the artistic proposal also lies at the root of the Laurette Bank Unlimited project 1999 which will help him to keep control of an offshore capital Matthieu Laurette systematically introduces a trading system which invites the specta tor to play an active part in his operations Hl Gran Trueque 2000 the TV game he has created with its copyrighted concept thus offers T
64. t type de support photo vid o Date Signature If you appear on TV with this Tee Shirt return a VHS tape with your appearance to Jousse entreprise 34 rue Louise Weiss F 75013 Paris You will get your money back and your tape will be used by Matthieu Laurette Name Address Apparition ne SeC Title of the TV show Chaine authorize Matthieu Laurette to use and reproduce any image for free on any type of medium photo video Signature Matthieu Laurette Applaus 1998 d tails Inserts vid o de 5 secondes interrompant un programme publicitaire Intervention sur 2 videos bilboards Gare Centrale et centre commercial Hoog Catherijne Utrecht Courtesy de l artiste et Casco Projects Utrecht Applaus 1998 details 5 second video inserts interrupting an advertisement programme Intervention on 2 video Bilboards Hoog Catherijne shopping mall amp Central Station Utrecht Courtesy the artist amp Casco Projects Utrecht 1580080000 0068080001 1000000000 1 4 mim m mimimim Matthieu Laurette Applaus Teil 2 1998 2000 d tail Inserts vid o de 5 secondes interrompant un programme publicitaire Intervention sur 2 videos bilboards Alexander Platz Berlin Courtesy the artist and c o Berlin Applaus Teil 2 1998 2000 detail 5 sec video inserts interrupt
65. this also was perhaps art was not there to com ment on my activity was there to make it Cristina Ricupero Your work addresses the question of free ac cess and direct confrontation with the audience involving its active participation Perhaps you could give some examples as the project you recently did in Bilbao Matthieu Laurette El Gran Trueque The Great Exchange which could be seen on television and in the media in Bilbao region offered to the audience a genu ine process of exchange a series of multiple swaps This project puts into practice adver tising rhetoric television formats and market ing strategies decided to devote part of the production budget funded by the Basque Gov ernment to Consonni a Bilbao based produc tion structure for the purpose of purchasing a new car that was then offered in the first Great Exchange The audience was invited to propose by phone an object they would buy for caring out the exchange Only the highest offer was selected The proposed object was purchased and exchanged with the object at stake each week in the Bilbao shops in front of the televi sion cameras and the media The object that had been purchased and exchanged would then become the Great Exchange of the following week So E Gran Trueque began with the ex change of a car worth 1 013 000 Ptas and ended up after about three months with a set of six blue glasses bought for195 Ptas As in many ot
66. u Laurette repr sente 0 71 de reliure Au total Name dropping propos recueillis par Hugues Royer Free Sample Demix Paris d Galerie Jousse Seguin 1998 Marie H l ne Trembleau in Si vous avez manqu le d but Matthieu Laurette Eliane Soleil 10 6 98 1998 installation vid o R troprojection 57 minutes Pi ce unique 1 E A dimensions variables dimensions minimum de l image projet e 1 50 m tre en longueur Collection Fonds National d Art Contemporain Paris Eliane Soleil 6 10 98 1998 video installation Back projection 57 minutes Pi ce unique 1 E A dimensions variables dimensions minimum de l image projet e 1 50 m tre en longueur Collection Fonds National d Art Contemporain Paris 30 Efficace et commode Propositions 99 pour la Collection Vito Acconci Alighiero e Boeltti Atelier van Lieshout Siah Armajani Angela Bulloch Gerard Collin Thiebaut Ariane Epars Dominique Gonzalez Foerster Pierre Huyghe et Philippe Parreno Felix Gonzalez Torres Douglas Gordon et Graham Gussin Dan Graham Cai Guo Qiang Jenny Holzer Fabrice Hybert Matthieu Laurette Charles Long et Stereolab Joachim Mogarra Kirsten Mosher 55 Jorge Pardo Asier P rez Gonzalez Dan Peterman Tobias Rehberger Joe Scanian Soussan Ltd Martin Tupper Franz West Andrea Zittel Matthieu Laurette en collaboration avec Asier P rez Gonz lez amp Franck Larcade
67. ur la pr figuration de LAURETTE BANK UNLIMITED Association loi 1901 1999 Vue du guichet l entr e de l exposition Le Capital Centre R gional d Art Contemporain S te Non Profit Organization for the foreshadowing of the LAURETTE BANK UNLIMITED 1999 View of the ticket booth at the entrance of the exhibition Le Capital Centre R gional d Art Contemporain S te L Association pour la pr figuration de la LAURETTE BANK UNLIMITED association loi 1901 est dirig e par Matthieu Laurette secr taire et tr sorier et par Nicolas Bourriaud pr sident depuis 1999 Cette association but non lucratif collecte des fonds pour ouvrir une vraie banque dans un paradis fiscal d s que nous aurons r uni assez d argent Selon ses statuts elle financera des projets conomiques dans le champ de l art The Non Profit Organization for the foreshadowing of the LAURETTE BANK UNLIMITED is run by Matthieu Laurette Secretary amp Treasurer with Nicolas Bourriaud President since 1999 This non profit organisation is raising money to open a real bank in a fiscal paradise when we get enough money According to its statute this association will finance economical projects in the art field A l entr e de l exposition gratuite une caisse tenue par un e gardien ne propose de payer l entr e de l exposition 10 F Matthieu Laurette It is always a Finn that wins Finnish Lottery Veikkaus Oy Ab 2000 L artiste a
68. ur la t l vision On Television sur un t l prompteur Produit avec le soutien de New Langton Arts et San Francisco Art Institute d tail et vue d installation New Langton Arts San Francisco On Television 1999 TV programm 60 min sound colour broadcast on television by City Vision Channel 53 San Francisco Community Access Television on October 6 29 30 31 1999 and instalation 45 extras reading during a casting call on a teleprompter Pierre Bourdieu s TV lecture on television Produced with the support of New Langton Arts San Francisco amp the San Francisco Art Institute video still amp Installation view at New Langton Arts San Francisco Matthieu Laurette Mangez rembours s Showroom et visites guid es de supermarch s 19 20 21 avril 1997 Produits 100 rembours s revendus prix co tant 3 Caddies de supermarch 1 r frig rateur tables affiches et tracts Comment faire ses achats rembours s vid oprojection en boucle Apparitions Produits Rembours s 96 97 caisse caissi r e s et h tes et h tesses d accueil Vue du showroom d tail Mobile 2000 28 rue Rousselet R serve de Jean Chatelus Paris Photo Marc Domage Courtesy de l artiste et collection particuli re Paris Eat and Get your Money Back Showroom amp Guided Supermarket Tours April 19 20 21 1997 100 money back products resold at retail price 3 supermarket trolleys 1 refrigerator tables posters
69. urgelees de Marie gt Viecine qui AU ef fines herbes laces Inbtonmets Lion X Biene La reserve de Maitre Kanter cre Cafe instinct decajetne Carte moire Ons DOME VASTE CR Le SUR u 0240 71 01 41 Comment faire ses achats rembourses Contact Association Entre Deux T i fax 02 40 71 81 41 4 Bd Pasteur 44100 Nantes Matthieu Laurette Vivons Rembours s Venez d couvrir les produits 100 rembours s Quartier Zola Dervalli re Nantes 13 18 octobre 1997 Showroom itin rant camion tables produits rembours s vid o 40 min en boucle son TV h te et h tesses flyer Flyer et vue du camion d tail Entre 2 Quartier Zola Dervalli re Nantes Courtesy de l artiste amp Entre 2 Nantes Money Back Life Come and See the Money Back Products October 13 18 1997 Travelling showroom in a display truck truck converted for dis play tables 100 money back products 40min videoloop sound TV host amp hostesses flyer Flyer and truck view detail Entre 2 Quartier Zola Dervalli re Nantes Courtesy the artist amp Entre 2 Nantes lel et maintenant 9 Matthieu LAURETTE Matthieu Laurette La Folie des produits rembours s septembre 1997 showroom dans une Folie de Bernard Tschumi expo sition Ici et Maintenant Parc de la Villette Paris produits 100 rembours s 1 Caddie chaise Habitat et sa facture Blo
70. uson C amp A et sa facture Walkman et facture FNAC sous vitrine table pos ters photocopies de coupures de journaux et de vues de produits rembours s tracts et guides Comment faire ses achats rembours s vid o en boucle Apparitions Produits Rembours s 96 97 h tes et h tesses d accueil Vue de l installation The Folly of Money Back Products September 1997 showroom in a Bernard Tschumi Folly Ici et Maintenant exhibition La Villette Park Paris 100 money back products 1 supermarket trolley Habitat chair and receipt C amp A jacket and receipt Walkman and Fnac store invoice under glass table photocopied posters of newspaper cuttings and snapshots of money back products flyers amp guides How to get your money back video Apparitions Money Back Products 96 97 on a loop receptionists Installation view Matthieu Laurette Stand d information mobile sur les produits rembours s 1999 Posters moniteur vid o Apparitions Produits rembours s 96 97 40 mn en boucle son et sous titres Vue d installation d tail exposition Crash ICA Londres 1999 Mobile Information stand for money back products 1999 Posters Tv set VCR wall bracket Apparitions Money Back Products 96 97 40min videoloop Installation view detail in Crash ICA London 1999 sound amp subtitles Dally Record Friday December B ZUE Page 37 By RECORD REPORTER Y Tal FRANCE S King of t
71. y The Venice Biennial the most important art exhibition in the world will open its 49th edition this year from June 10 ta November 4 This exhibition attracts a wide audience fram all over the world over 250 000 visitors came to the Biennial in 1999 and approximately 200 000 are expected in 2001 International in scope the Venice Biennial brings together artists from over 60 countnes There are many countries however which are not represented in the exhibition For this reason a French artist Matthieu Laurette see attached resume whom have invited would like to extend the number of participant countries in the Venice Biennial Since your country is not a participant he would like to make very special request would you be willing to provide him with citizenship if in retum he represents your country in the Biennial this proposal is agreeable to you please let Matthieu Laurette know how he may go about attaining citizenship of your country Would your country accept dual citizenship You may address your response to Matthieu Laurette La Biennale di Venezia Visual Arts dpt c o Cecilia Liveriero Lavell Giustinian San Marco Venezia 30124 fax DO 39 41 5218855 e mail lvariera labiennale com mathieu amp lauretta net As we move towards globalization we hope that this very relevant project will be of interest to vou Please accept Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration Harald Sz

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