The exhibition Rirkrit Tiravanija: ‘Play’ / Jouez’  examines different forms of speculative ‘play’ found in the sportive and amusing reiteration of adaptation, along with a relinquishment of control to the gallery audience, who become implicated in the action. The exhibition alludes to “play” in another common use of the word, that is, to enact or perform in a staged production. In each situation, there is an overarching manoeuvre of the game. The exhibition consists of three major installations: untitled 1996 (rehearsal studio no. 6, open version), untitled 2017  'Skip the bruising of the eskimos to the exquisite words vs. if I give you a penny you can give me a pair of scissors,' and untitled 2023 (sitcom ghost). In this Montreal exhibition, Tiravanija playfully continues to explore in depth the limits of disintegration, as well as the de-emphasis of authorship and the ambiguous nature of making art.

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