Published on occasion of the exhibition ‘Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: Alienarium 5’, 14 Apr – 4 Sep 2022, Serpentine South Gallery, Serpentine, London 2022.

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster works experimentally.

Engaging with the exhibition as a medium, her spatial inventions and investigations probe the notion of display, as well as how an image or scene is experienced.

Drawing on wide ranging references from music, literature, film, architecture and pop culture, the artist creates densely layered environments with the ability to transport viewers into alternative narrative, temporal and psychological dimensions.

The ‘Alienarium 5’ exhibition is a speculative environment that invites us to imagine possible encounters with extra-terrestrials. Conceived site-specifically for Serpentine, it will feature almost entirely new work that engages both the gallery’s internal and external space.

This catalogue, ‘Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: Alienarium 5’, is a culmination of her decades-long interest in science fiction and continued research into deep space and alien life.

Co-published with Serpentine Gallery, London.