The Art of Non-Survival

Abstract

"The Art of Non-Survival" is a short story in the catalogue for Gaby Peters' solo exhibition "next level" at Mannheimer Kunstverein. The text situates Peters' work through a fictional scenario in which members of the public are disappearing from institutional spaces in a made-up town. The mystery is solved through the novel use of artworks held in the local museum's collection, and one of Peters' works is – in the final section of the text – revealed as an articulation of what it is to disappear