Algerian artist and film maker, Philippe Parreno, will open his first solo exhibition in a UK based public institution at the Serpentine Gallery later this month. Utilising a range of media, including sculpture, performance, the written word and film, Parreno plans to reinvent the exhibition experience.
Developed as a scripted series of unfolding events, Philippe Parreno’s exhibition plans to guide visitors through the gallery with choreographed sounds, images and experiences. Utilising amplified noise from nearby Kensington Gardens and the surrounding streets around Hyde Park, Parreno will create the illusion of the outside world seeping into the exhibition.
The highlight of the exhibition will be the UK premier of Invisibleboy (2010), Parrenos’s latest film. Following the story of an illegal Chinese immigrant boy who sees imaginary monsters etched onto the film stock, the film sounds like a surreal docu-fiction film noir.
The exhibition will also feature Parreno’s June 8, 1968 (2009), which retells the train trip that took Robert Kennedy’s body from New York to Washington D.C. after his assassination.
The Philippe Parreno exhibition opens up its doors to the public on 25th November 2010, and runs through until 13th February 2011.
