Elmgreen & Dragset – Bonne Chance

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Richly illustrated by a photographic campaign carried out during the exhibition at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, this catalogue includes an in-depth interview with Elmgreen & Dragset by Chiara Parisi and two philosophical essays by Quill R. Kukla and Emanuele Coccia. Kukla examines the exhibition through the lens of gamification—showing how space shapes our movement, perception, and actions without our awareness, as if we were playing a massive game.

Coccia, meanwhile, interrogates the irony and absurdity in Elmgreen & Dragset’s work, demonstrating how their faithful reproductions of reality expose the strangeness in everyday experiences. Here, absurdity shifts from a measure of existence’s burden to a tool for subverting normative logic.

The book concludes with an illustrated chronology of Elmgreen & Dragset’s 30 major exhibitions, offering a comprehensive overview of their collaborative journey.