[Nettime-fr] "Decollection" - Paris Biennale Auction Sale @Paddle8

["Biennale de Paris / Secr. Pr." <listes@biennaledeparis.org>]

Biennale de Paris

Press release from October 15th, 2013

Decollection
The status of art in the era of knowledge

Paddle8*, new-generation auctioneers based in New York and Los Angeles, 
is preparing the âDecollectionâ sale for the Paris Biennale which will 
take place between 21st October and 3rd November 2013 on the website 
http://paddle8.com

The Paris Biennale was founded by Andrà Malraux with the aim of 
providing a meeting ground for those who would shape the art of the 
future. The 18th edition began on 1st October, 2012 and will end on 30th 
September, 2014.

The works championed by the Paris Biennale which will be put up for 
auction on Paddle8 have as a theme the turning of âproduct-valueâ into 
âactivity-valueâ. It includes experiments, protocols, services, 
products, documents, social trends or proof of lifestyle.

To decollect art can imply another way of conceiving a collection, 
different from the traditional accumulation of works which relies on 
storage. The collector is included from the start in the fresh concept 
of creation at the very moment the artwork frees itself from traditional 
specifications. His status is now that of author and not mere collector. 
Conceiving that new collecting policy challenges the notion of value, 
material value and ownership.

To decollect art is adopting a new mindset, it means no longer owning 
but being.

For information on the sale, contact Habib Diab
E-mail : h.diab@biennaledeparis.org

Biennale de Paris
HÃtel Salomon de Rothschild
11 rue Berryer
75008 Paris
Phone : +33 (0)1 4534 3004
E-mail : info@biennaledeparis.org
http://biennaledeparis.org

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*Paddle8 is an online auction house, connecting buyers and sellers of 
fine art and collectibles across the Internet. Paddle8 presents two two 
types of auctions: curated auctions of art and collectibles under 
$100,000, and benefit auctions in collaboration with non-profits. The 
company was founded in 2011 by Alexander Gilkes, an auctioneer and LVMH 
veteran, and Aditya Julka, a Harvard Business School MBA and serial 
entrepreneur. Paddle8âs platform eases the sale and acquisition of art 
and collectibles via a fully online auction model, offering the lowest 
available commissions, no public sales records, extended auction 
visibility and timelines, and automated post-sale services. To date, 
Paddle8 has collaborated with over 150 non-profit organizations 
worldwide to present their benefit auctions online, dramatically 
expanding the audience of supporters and results for non-profit 
partners.

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Paul Ternon
Le SecrÃtaire Principal
Biennale de Paris
HÃtel Salomon de Rothschild
11 rue Berryer
75008 Paris
T: 0033 (0)1 4534 3004
E: paul.ternon@biennaledeparis.org
http://biennaledeparis.org
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