‘Not just mental transportation,… but actual, physical - ’
Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day (2006)

In the context of Ross Birrell’s concurrent solo exhibitions, Criollo, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam (7 Apr – 9 Jun) and The Transit of Hermes, CCA (19 Apr – 3 Jun), part of Glasgow International - exhibitions based upon works originally commissioned for documenta 14 (2017) - the artist will be in conversation with Adam Szymczyk, Artistic Director of documenta 14. Taking its title from the third chapter of Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day, Bilocations will explore the structure of the works commissioned for documenta 14, Birrell’s ongoing Envoy series, and film and music projects developed with artist, David Harding, many of which were also commissioned by Szymczyk. The talk will address the overlapping territories of artist and curator, theory and practice, aesthetics and politics, past and present, and the bilocated structure of documenta 14 itself, hosted for the first time in full across two cities: Athens and Kassel.

Supported by The Glasgow School of Art and CCA, Glasgow