Documenta 15 Diary: Beyond Borders

Work by Atis Rezistans in documenta 15.
Few of the artists in documenta 15 have savior complexes. Formally speaking, a lot of their work resembles social practice and relational aesthetics, two styles associated with the aughts in which art exists not as objects but as interpersonal exchanges. These absence complexes are a key distinction. This is primarily so because the projects on view are mostly made by members of the communities they are also for, lending them a horizontal, rather than char