Title & Author:

The nuclear culture source book / edited by Ele Carpenter.

Publication:

London : Black Dog Publishing, [2016]
©2016

Description:

207 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes indexes.
Accompanies the exhibition "Perpetual Uncertainty" at Bildmuseet, 2 October 2016-16 April 2017. The exhibition was produced by Bildmuseet, Umeå University and curated by Ele Carpenter.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Eva + Franco Mattes -- Introduction -- Chim [↑] Pom -- NUCLEAR ANTHROPOCENE -- Introduction -- Trevor Paglen -- Thomson + Craighead -- Nobuaki Takekawa -- Isao Hashimoto -- Peter C van Wyck -- Martin Howse -- The Otolith Group -- Bridget Kennedy -- Merilyn Fairskye -- Jane + Louise Wilson -- Susan Schuppli -- Mika Taanila + Jussi Eerola -- Shimpei Takeda -- NUCLEAR MATERIALITY -- Introduction -- Crowe + Rawlinson -- Nicola Triscott/James Acord -- Uriel Orlow -- Di McDonald/Ele Carpenter -- Louise K Wilson -- SDP-AG/Ele Carpenter -- David Mabb -- Isabella Streffen -- Lise Autogena + Joshua Portway -- RADIOACTIVE NON-SITES -- Introduction -- Smudge Studio -- Robert Williams + Bryan McGovern Wilson -- Shuji Akagi -- Chim [↑] Pom -- Shuji Akagi -- Noi Sawaragi -- Grand Guignol Mirai -- Hilda Hellstrom -- Katsuhiro Miyamoto -- Giuliano Garonzi -- Martin Howse + Erich Berger -- Case Pyhajoki -- Robin Tarbet -- Chris Oakley -- Annie Grove-White -- Alana Tyson -- RADIOLOGICAL INHERITANCE -- Introduction -- Cecile Massart -- SKB repository -- Yoi Kawakubo -- Dave Griffiths -- Monica Ross -- Ailkeda -- Mick Broderick + Robert Jacobs -- Mark Aerial Waller -- Taryn Simon -- Kota Takeuchi -- Cornelia Hesse-Honegger -- Erika Kobayashi -- Erich Berger + Mari Keto -- NUCLEAR MODERNITY -- Introduction -- Yoshinori Niwa -- Suzanne Treister -- Gabrielle Hecht -- Sandra Lahire -- Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani -- Eiko Honda -- Ken + Julia Yonetani -- Ohi Ruling -- Hollington + Kyprianou -- Jahnavi Phalkey -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- Yelena Popova -- Emptyset -- Gair Dunlop -- Victor Gama -- RADIATION AS HYPEROBJECT -- Underground Research Laboratory -- Introduction -- Takashi Noguchi -- Pierre Huyghe -- Veronika Lukasova -- Timothy Morton -- Karen Kramer -- Yves Klein -- Susan Schuppli -- Helen Grove-White -- Jessica Lloyd-Jones -- Andy Weir -- Joy Garnett -- END PAGES -- Glossary -- The Geological Curator -- Artist Index -- William Morris -- Index -- Writers' Biographies -- Greenham Song -- Olympic Smiling Suns.

Summary:

The Nuclear Culture Source Book' serves as an excellent resource and introduction to nuclear culture as one of the most prominent themes within contemporary art and society, exploring the diverse ways in which post-Fukushima society has influenced artistic and cultural production. The book brings together a wide-ranging collection of material from artists and writers working within the scope of nuclear culture internationally, including works by renowned practitioners such as Lise Autogena, Thomson & Craighead, Crowe & Rawlinson, David Mabb, Katsuhiro Miyamoto, Kota Takeuchi and Chim-Pom. Building on four years of research into nuclear culture by the book s editor, Ele Carpenter, "The Nuclear Culture Source Book" features contributions by over 60 artists including spectacular imagery of nuclear sites taken on artist field trips, from underground research laboratories in Japan to the Faslane Trident base. 00Contextualising this is a series of essays by international arts and humanities scholars and writers including: Timothy Morton writing on radiation as a hyperobject; Peter C van Wyck on the nuclear anthropocene; Noi Sawaragi on Fukushima; and Susan Schuppli on nuclear materiality. 00Published in partnership with Bildmuseet, Sweden and Arts Catalyst, London.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781911164050
1911164058

Subject:

Art, Modern 21st century Exhibitions.
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 Exhibitions.
Disasters in art Exhibitions.
Art 21e siècle Expositions.
Accident nucléaire de Fukushima, Japon, 2011 Expositions.
Catastrophes dans l'art Expositions.
Art and Design.
Art, Modern.
Disasters in art.
Kunst
Kernenergie
Kerntechnischer Unfall
Fukushima
Japan.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Carpenter, Ele, editor.
Umeå universitet. Bildmuseet, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293735
Call No.: BIB 238886
Status: Available