Untitled (A Conversation) (2022)

Alket Halili & Jonas Kolecki: Untitled (a Conversation) Sculpture with 2 signatures, 25 cm x 25cm x 30 cm, 2022 Concept: Jonas Kolecki
Three-dimensional realization: Alket Halili

What does it mean to have the idea for a work? Who is the author when the realization is done by another person? What happens when artistic practices merge? Can the outsourcing of a work be- come the work itself? The work Untitled (a Conversation) addres- ses the question of authorship of artistic works that are realized by a second person as a commissioned work. It questions the dyna- mics of labor, authorship, and artistic creation. The resulting work is based on an archival photograph of a „chicken and an egg“ as an example of a clichéd approach to beginning and originality. In short, who came first, the chicken or the egg?... A series of photo- graphs document the process of creating the sculpture and the exchanges during the collaboration. In a conversation between the two authors, which will take place live via video link on November 26 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., personal views on the division of labor and the possibilities and problems of collaboration will be revealed. It will become clear that although the resulting sculpture has its own autonomy and individual artistic value, it is ultimately only an index for further conversation.

Jonas Kolecki (statement): „The work Untitled (a Conversation) is a tribute to the sequence of daydreams, sketches,conversations, meetings with new people, difficulties, negotiations, coincidences, encouraging words from friends and trust in and during creative processes.“

Alket Halili (statement): „It`s very simple. If you have the idea for a work and I execute it, we should both be the authors of the piece.“

Untitled (A Conversation) (2022)

Alket Halili & Jonas Kolecki: Untitled (a Conversation) Sculpture with 2 signatures, 25 cm x 25cm x 30 cm, 2022 Concept: Jonas Kolecki
Three-dimensional realization: Alket Halili

What does it mean to have the idea for a work? Who is the author when the realization is done by another person? What happens when artistic practices merge? Can the outsourcing of a work be- come the work itself? The work Untitled (a Conversation) addres- ses the question of authorship of artistic works that are realized by a second person as a commissioned work. It questions the dyna- mics of labor, authorship, and artistic creation. The resulting work is based on an archival photograph of a „chicken and an egg“ as an example of a clichéd approach to beginning and originality. In short, who came first, the chicken or the egg?... A series of photo- graphs document the process of creating the sculpture and the exchanges during the collaboration. In a conversation between the two authors, which will take place live via video link on November 26 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., personal views on the division of labor and the possibilities and problems of collaboration will be revealed. It will become clear that although the resulting sculpture has its own autonomy and individual artistic value, it is ultimately only an index for further conversation.

Jonas Kolecki (statement): „The work Untitled (a Conversation) is a tribute to the sequence of daydreams, sketches,conversations, meetings with new people, difficulties, negotiations, coincidences, encouraging words from friends and trust in and during creative processes.“

Alket Halili (statement): „It`s very simple. If you have the idea for a work and I execute it, we should both be the authors of the piece.“