Laure Prouvost, At night this water turns black, in For Forgetting, 2014. Exhibition view at New Museum, New York, 2014. Courtesy the artist, carlier | gebauer, Natalie Obadia and New Museum, New York. (Photo: courtesy Benoit Pailley)
Laure Prouvost, At night this water turns black, in For Forgetting, 2014. Exhibition view at New Museum, New York, 2014. Courtesy the artist, carlier | gebauer, Natalie Obadia and New Museum, New York. (Photo: courtesy Benoit Pailley)
Join artist Laure Prouvost and exhibition curator Victoria Sung for a conversation about Prouvost’s work and the development of They Are Waiting for You.
This program is made possible by generous support from Aaron and Carol Mack.
This program is made possible by generous support from Aaron and Carol Mack.
Mixing sculpture and found objects with sound and moving images, Laure Prouvost's immersive installation They Are Waiting for You upends the traditional relationship between artwork and viewer, addressing us directly in ways that might feel unfamiliar, even uncomfortable. The work, writes Victoria Sung, demands our complete focus, and threatens to push us out of the room. She also engages us indirectly, in subtler, subconscious ways, ultimately implicating the viewer in the making of the piece.
