Please join us on Wednesday 11 December, 6-8pm for a launch and book signing to celebrate the publication of Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster's exhibition catalogue Alienarium 5.
This richly illustrated publication is a journey through Gonzalez-Foerster’s multisensory environment staged at Serpentine (14 April – 4 September 2022), made up of visions, apparitions, holographic illusion, and a Virtual Reality and scent experience stretching over several gallery spaces and their surroundings.
Inspired by the exhibition’s theme of welcoming encounters with extraterrestrials, the exhibition catalogue takes the form of an album. It features contributions from prominent long-time collaborators of the artist, internationally acclaimed novelist Enrique Vila-Matas, and writer, philosopher and curator Paul B. Preciado, as well as writer and academic Tatiana Kontou.
A comprehensive conversation between Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist gives further insight into her decades-long research into science fiction and apparitions. Designed by John Morgan studio, the publication also includes a poster of Metapanorama, one of the central works in the exhibition, as well as lyrics of the artist’s band Exotourisme.
Image credit: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Alienarium 5 at Serpentine, Group Apparition, 2022. Photo: Camilla Greenwell.