christopher robbins
christopher robbins art

lawrence weiner redux (2008)

Once upon a time there was a country, and its capital was Belgrade...

In 1969, Lawrence Weiner laid out his instruction piece A STAKE SET IN THE GROUND IN DIRECT LINE WITH A STAKE SET IN THE GROUND OF AN ADJACENT COUNTRY. In 2008, I performed this seemingly straight-forward piece, in a way that casts doubt as to whether or not I have faithfully followed his instructions:

I placed one stake in Serbia, and one stake in Kosovo.

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