Vlatka Horvat: By the Means at Hand

Published by Archive Books (Berlin/Milan/Dakar), Unstable Object (London), and Oaza (Zagreb), By the Means at Hand documents Vlatka Horvat’s eponymous project presented at the Pavilion of Croatia at the 60th International Art Exhibition— La Biennale di Venezia in 2024.

Horvat invited some 200 international artists – friends and friends of friends, all living “as foreigners” in different countries around the world – to exchange small-scale artworks with her, all made for the occasion. For every work she received, Vlatka sent to each artist a collage from the series she was making while in residence in Venice, using images of the city she has taken on her daily walks. All the artworks travelled to Venice and back via informal transport networks; in bags and suitcases of friends, acquaintances, and sometimes strangers enlisted as couriers for the project. 

Breaking the frame of the traditional exhibition catalogue, this publication mirrors the evolving nature of the work through a combination of documentation, dialogue, and reflections on the process.

Editors: Vlatka Horvat, Antonia Majaca, Kate Sutton

Design: Tina Ivezić (Oaza)
Exhibition photography: Hugo Glendinning
Image editors: Vlatka Horvat and Tina Ivezić

Texts: Ivana Bago, Anne Boyer, Tim Etchells, Vlatka Horvat, Antonia Majaca, Massimiliano Mollona, Harun Morrison, Lara Pawson, Emily Pethick, Noémie Solomon, and What, How & for Whom/WHW

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The publication has been financed by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia and supported by ERSTE Foundation. Additional support by GAEP Gallery.

Available from most good bookstores or order from Archive Books here.

Related projects: By the Means at Hand, Venice (at Hand)

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