Paris-based artist THOMAS HIRSCHHORN (*1957, Bern) is best known for his sculptures in public space—monuments, kiosks, and altars. Questioning the autonomy, the authorship, and resistance of a work of art, he asserts the power of art to touch and transform the other. He represented Switzerland at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011 and received numerous awards, including the Prix Marcel Duchamp and the Joseph Beuys Stiftung Prize.
VITTORIA MARTINI (*1975, Kinshasa) is an independent art historian living in Italy. She has a doctorate from Università Ca' Foscari/Università Iuav di Venezia. Since 2013 she teaches History of exhibitions and curatorial practices and holds the Art Writing workshop at CAMPO – Program of curatorial studies and practices established by the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Turin, Italy). Her research focuses mainly on the institutional structures that produce exhibitions.
THOMAS HIRSCHHORN (*1957, Bern) lebt und arbeitet in Paris. Seine Monumente, Altäre und Kioske finden international Beachtung und sind mehrfach ausgezeichnet. Er ist unter anderem Gewinner des Prix Marcel Duchamp, des Joseph Beuys-Preises Basel sowie des Grand Prix Kunst/Prix Meret Oppenheimer des Schweizer Bundesamts für Kultur.