Invitation to the Groundbreaking for The Parthenon of Books

October 22, 2016, 3 pm: The groundbreaking for the first artistic work of documenta 14 titled The Parthenon of Books is planned for 3 pm on October 22, 2016, at Friedrichsplatz in Kassel. You are cordially invited to perform this symbolic gesture together with the artist Marta Minujín and the curator Pierre Bal-Blanc, and to donate books for the creation of the Parthenon on the spot. The event is open to the public. Further information on this project can be found on the website of documenta 14.

Günther Becker: Raum 15 im EG des Fridericianums mit Werken von Hans Mettel, Mirko und Alexander Calder, documenta 1, 1955, Abzug vom Glasnegativ (Ausschnitt), © documenta Archiv/Günther Becker