The Host and the Cloud
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The Host and the Cloud is a 2010 experimental film and performance project by French artist Pierre Huyghe that stages unscripted actions inside an abandoned ethnographic museum to explore memory, ritual, and institutional power.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental film
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performance project ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Pierre Huyghe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Pierre Huyghe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibitionContext |
art institutions
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film festivals ⓘ |
| explores |
collective memory
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institutional structures ⓘ psychological states ⓘ social rituals ⓘ |
| features | unscripted actions ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary art
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experimental film ⓘ performance art documentation ⓘ |
| hasArtisticMovement |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ post-conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Pierre Huyghe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNationality | French work ⓘ |
| hasProductionPeriod | late 2000s ⓘ |
| hasTemporalContext | early 21st century ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| investigates |
collective behavior
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power relations in cultural institutions ⓘ role of spectatorship ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
institutional power
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memory ⓘ ritual ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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performance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blurring boundaries between fiction and reality
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site-specific production in a museum ⓘ use of non-professional participants ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Pierre Huyghe’s body of work ⓘ |
| productionMethod | live performance situations ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
contemporary moving image art
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ethnographic museums ⓘ institutional critique ⓘ performance documentation ⓘ |
| setting | abandoned ethnographic museum ⓘ |
| workType | audiovisual artwork ⓘ |
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