1.0ACC Art Books UShttps://www.accartbooks.com/usACC Art Books UShttps://www.accartbooks.com/usrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sTD96jZyDR"><a href="https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/we-thought-we-were-alone/">We Thought We Were Alone</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/we-thought-we-were-alone/embed/#?secret=sTD96jZyDR" width="600" height="338" title="“We Thought We Were Alone” — ACC Art Books US" data-secret="sTD96jZyDR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.accartbooks.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.accartbooks.com/app/uploads/books/9789059966895-04-1.jpg14001842We Thought We Were Alone by Koen Vanmechelen takes visitors on a journey through key themes in the artist's oeuvre: hybridity, identity and survival, through the connection between all forms of life. Accompanies the exhibition of the same title at Venice Biennale from 9 May until 22 November 2026.INTRODUCTION A HOUSE OF LAYERS Palazzo Rota Ivancich - Peter Dupont 9 CHAPTER I The origin I NEVER LOST PARADISE SHATTERING EXPECTATIONS Adriano Berengo 25 I NEVER LOST PARADISE Koen Vanmechelen 37 A PERSONAL AND INSPIRING NARRATIVE Mieke Delanoeye & Toon Vanmechelen 41 CHAPTER II The exhibition WE THOUGHT WE WERE ALONE ART AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE James Putnam 53 ON A PIECE OF MARBLE Menno Schilthuizen 61 WHY CHICKENS, AND WHY NOW? Laura Bardier 67 WE THOUGHT WE WERE ALONE: EXHIBITION OVERVIEW Koen Vanmechelen 77 CHAPTER III Beyond the exhibition WILD GENE WILD GENE FESTIVAL 141 GLOBAL CAMPUS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 161 A HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS Manfred Nowak 175 NEVER ALONE. IN THE LANGUAGE OF UBUNTU Chido Govera 183 THE RISK OF NOT WORKING TOGETHER Interview with Kirsty Wark 189 EPILOGUE AT HOME IN THE UNIVERSE? Thomas Hertog 195