Interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist about Agnès Varda

"The future (...) is invented with artists from the past."

Speaker(s): Agnès Varda, Hans Ulrich Obrist
Duration: 2 min
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What is the role of the archive in contemporary art? How does one connect the present with the legacy of late artists?In this interview, Hans-Ulrich Obrist explains how he approaches archives, in a way that goes beyond the simple retrospective.

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