Rirkrit Tiravanija: On Making Less

Making less may seem contradictory considering climate change, turbo-capitalism and political gridlock. Yet for Rirkrit Tiravanija, it is a crucial practice that has shaped him for many years and has rarely seemed as relevant as it does right now: using fewer resources; intervening less and observing more; looking less at results and more at the process. It can also mean collecting fewer objects in museums or accumulating fewer artworks in galleries and instead using these spaces for cooking, playing table tennis or spending the night. Or simply waiting to see what happens.

On Making Less by Rirkrit Tiravanija is the first publication of the new Gropius Bau series The Practice – What Moves Artists. It invites artists to showcase a practice that they pursue, that has influenced them or that has been with them for a long time.