For Any Revolutionary Play, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, 2010
Curator: Katrin Bucher
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Commissioned by Kunsthaus Graz for the exhibition “Grasping Speed,” elements of this installation respond to the building's distinctive nozzles designed by Peter Cook of Archigram. Referencing early 20th-century Constructivist theater, this work was composed of seven discrete activity stations fashioned from Oriented Strand Board (OSB), pallets, and mirrored Plexiglas alongside a series of sculptures referencing projectiles appearing to launch outward through the building's nozzles. A slideshow on an analog projector interwove imagery of rockets, art history, and the Russian Revolution. As part of the commission, Raskin collaborated with Kunsthaus Graz's education department, working with a group of bilingual English-German children aged nine to thirteen to co-author a performance on opening night. During this performance, Raskin hid beneath the main installation staircase shouting the words "Jetz and Nee" (now or never) while children responded with choreographed actions at various of the activity stations. This was one of the last installations that Raskin built independently.