Project

Curators

Sebastian Schmieg 

Project Title

Gallery.Delivery

Year

2018

Description

Gallery.Delivery is both a group exhibition and a performance that can be ordered online. It will be delivered by bike courier in a “White Cube” courier bag to the address stipulated in the order, where it will be temporarily installed.

As the Internet increasingly penetrates every corner of our lives, this is giving rise to a mindset where we expect immediate availability in all aspects of our material world, triggered by a simple click or tap.

Gallery.Delivery applies this promise of immediate availability to the exhibition space and the format of the group show. However, unlike with normal delivery services, the courier doesn’t stop at the doorstep; instead, he enters the private home where he sets up the exhibition and offers the works for sale. In this moment, the process of setting up the exhibition takes centre stage as a performative aspect of the show.

Gallery.Delivery has been presented as a franchise exhibition presenting different artists in different locations: Grand Rollout in Berlin (22-30 Sep 2018); New Convenience in Berlin (6-15 Sep 2019); Weird Domesticity in Milan curated by Silvio Lorusso and operated by GreenCubeGallery (1 Nov 2019 – 1 Mar 2020); Live, Laugh, Love in Ljubljana operated by Aksioma (22 Jun – 2 Jul 2021);  Need for Speed in Osnabrück (1-30 Sep 2021); Compartir La Vida Vivida in Getxo + Bilbao curated by mAwatres and operated by Getxophoto (10 – 26 Sep 2021).

url

https://gallery.delivery/

Type of Intervention

Technological Infrastructure

Delivery Services, URL:IRL,

Keywords

Behaviour, Care, E-commerce, Labour, Leisure,