Over the last 30 years, the French artist Philippe Parreno has radically redefined the experience of the exhibition by placing its construction at the heart of his process. Working with high-end technologies, film, and performance, he transforms galleries in choreographed spaces that follow a script where a series of unexpected albeit interconnected events unfold, thereby playing with the sensory experiences of the visitor who is guided through the space by the orchestration of sound and image.
Pushing the boundaries between script and transcript, between document and memory one step further, the publication Voices consists of transcriptions of his films, audio works, and performances, transferring these seminal works (back) into written form. The collection of texts establishes a new perspective on Parreno’s practice, which has always been focused on revisiting and evolving his artworks from the past, and offers insight into the artist’s multi-faceted approach to language and the human voice.