Gelitin (stylized in lowercase as gelitin) is a group of four
artist
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s from
Vienna
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,
Austria
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. The group was formerly known as Gelatin, and changed their name in 2005. They are known for creating art events in the tradition of
Relational Aesthetics, often with a sense of humor.
Works
One of Gelitin's best known art projects began in March 2000, when the group removed one of the windows on the 91st floor of the former
World Trade Center
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complex and temporarily installed a narrow balcony, while a helicopter flew around the scene, taking photographs to be later documented in their book ''The B-Thing''.
The book was published in 2001 and had even by that time taken on an air of urban legend, with new copies selling for $5,000 on ''Amazon.com'' as of 2016.
Another of their projects is a gigantic
plush toy
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: a reclining pink Bunny installed on
Colletto Fava (near
Genoa, Italy
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), intended to remain there until 2025.
In November 2005, the group had a show at Leo Koenig, Inc. in New York, a project called ''Tantamounter 24/7''. The artists called their project a "gigantic, complex and very clever machine", which functioned as a kind of art-copier. The group erected a barrier blocking off one half of the space, locking themselves inside for one week. They asked visitors to insert items that they wanted copied into an opening through the barrier; hand-made copies were later returned through another opening.
Other works include:
* ''Vorm - Fellows - Attitude'' (2018) at the
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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, Rotterdam, The Netherlands: giant sculptures of feces, with visitors encouraged to put on costumes representing nude men and women
* ''Sculpture for a Sculpturepark'' (2018) a temporary interactive
clay pit
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for visitors to make sculptures, at the
Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum
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, Antwerp
* ''Die Wachauer Nase'' (2014), a giant nose on the bank of the
Danube River
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, in St. Lorenz (Rossatz-Arnsdorf), Wachau, Austria
* ''Die Tusovka Runde'' (2014) in
Moscow, Russia
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* ''La Louvre, Paris'' (2008) at ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
* ''Tantamounter 24/7'' (2005), a "gigantic, complex and very clever machine" created at Leo Koenig, New York
* ''Hase / Rabbit / Coniglio'' (2005), a knitted pink rabbit on
Colletto Fava
* ''Zapf de Pipi'' (2005), a giant
icicle
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of frozen
urine
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as contributed by the visitors at the
Moscow Biennale
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of Contemporary Art
* ''Otto Volante'' (2004), a
roller coaster
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inside a gallery in Milan, Italy
* ''Arc de Triomphe'' (2003), a tall fountain picturing a urinating figure made of of
plasticine
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, in Salzburg, Austria
* ''Armpit'' (2002), a human elevator of
body builder
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s for the
Liverpool Biennial
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* ''Schlund'' (2001), a human scaffolding of fat people at the
Bavarian Theatre, Munich, Germany
* ''Die totale Osmose'' (2001), a swamp surrounding the Austrian Pavilion at the
Venice Biennale
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* ''The B-Thing'' (2000), a small temporary external balcony outside the 91st floor of the
World Trade Center
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* ''Weltwunder'' (2000), a hidden underwater cave, only accessible by diving through a pipe 5 meters deep, as part of the
Expo 2000
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in Hannover, Germany
* ''Percutaneous Delights'' (1998), temporary courtyard installation at the
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
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, New York City, featuring a cooling tower of refrigerators, a climbable tower of cabinetry, and an inflatable transparent swimming pool.
Publications
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References
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Austrian artist groups and collectives
Austrian contemporary artists