Carsten Höller's Surreal Games Captured with World's Largest Instant Camera in New Polaroid Documentary

Key facts

• The Polaroid Foundation released a 20-minute documentary titled The Carsten Höller Episode of The 20×24 Project.
• Filming spanned a year and a half and followed Carsten Höller from Venice to London, Arles, and the Fondation Beyeler near Basel.
• The Polaroid 20×24, the world's largest instant camera, appears in the film and produces photographs roughly 20 by 24 inches.
• Games from Höller's Book of Games (published 2024) are played at Palazzo Diedo in Venice, London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, Rencontres d'Arles, and Fondation Beyeler in Riehen.
• Participants include Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jürgen Teller, Maja Hoffmann, India Mahdavi, Bas Smets, and Casey Spooner.
• In Stockholm, Höller brings the crew to his home aviary with around seventy birds, then to the roof of Moderna Museet and to his restaurant Brutalisten.
• The group also travels to the Camargue, France, for a 'sad bird'-watching expedition.
• The documentary was released on October 2nd, 2026, with photography by Oliver Helbig.