By the Means at Hand

By the Means at Hand offers a look into 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, the publication mirrors the evolving nature of the work through a combination of documentation, dialogue, and reflections on the process. The book frames the project through exhibition images by photographer Hugo Glendinning, as well as through Horvat’s extraordinary collage series at the heart of the project.