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Taking three years to complete, this complex study extends on Hiller's interests in exploring historical events that are visually and emotionally compelling. Presented here is an installation that contained both video and photographic works documenting every street in Germany whose name contains a reference to Jews. The result is a collection of images that are compelling(...)
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October 2006, Warwickshire, Berlin
Susan Hiller : the J. street project
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Taking three years to complete, this complex study extends on Hiller's interests in exploring historical events that are visually and emotionally compelling. Presented here is an installation that contained both video and photographic works documenting every street in Germany whose name contains a reference to Jews. The result is a collection of images that are compelling in their feeling of sadness and absence that they provoke.
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Martin Boyce is known for his large installation work in sculpture, creating angular replications of the world around him, finding meaning in everyday surroundings and working steel structures into amplifications of these moments in space and time. Hundreds of photographs were edited down until the shape of a book emerged. The series creates the feeling of stillness and(...)
Martin Boyce: a partial eclipse
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Martin Boyce is known for his large installation work in sculpture, creating angular replications of the world around him, finding meaning in everyday surroundings and working steel structures into amplifications of these moments in space and time. Hundreds of photographs were edited down until the shape of a book emerged. The series creates the feeling of stillness and distance between the viewer and photograph.
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Useful photography no 007
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There is nothing as motivating as a large, sculpted, shining award in recognition of your personal achievements. That feeling of reward and pride is desired by all, not just the hollywood star. Thankfully, there is a multitude of awards for every humble occasion, profession and hobby. Useful photography no 007 explores the sub-word of non celebrity achievement in a(...)
Photography Periods and Styles
October 2007, Amsterdam, London, New York
Useful photography no 007
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There is nothing as motivating as a large, sculpted, shining award in recognition of your personal achievements. That feeling of reward and pride is desired by all, not just the hollywood star. Thankfully, there is a multitude of awards for every humble occasion, profession and hobby. Useful photography no 007 explores the sub-word of non celebrity achievement in a proud series of photographs that are, quite literally, award-winning.
Photography Periods and Styles
At home : Heren 5 architects
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Aimed at a wider audience than most usual architectural studies, this book presents seven diverse residential projects designed by the architectural practice Heren 5. A key reference point in their design process is the concept “at home”, and how this feeling along with different desires for privacy and community can be effectively translated into a building design. Each(...)
Architecture Monographs
August 2005, Amsterdam
At home : Heren 5 architects
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Aimed at a wider audience than most usual architectural studies, this book presents seven diverse residential projects designed by the architectural practice Heren 5. A key reference point in their design process is the concept “at home”, and how this feeling along with different desires for privacy and community can be effectively translated into a building design. Each project comes accompanied with project documentation and an interview with the residents.
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The Age Of Earthquakes is a quick-fire paperback, harnessing the images, language and perceptions of our unfurling digital lives. The authors offer five characteristics of the Extreme Present; invent a glossary of new words to describe how we are truly feeling today; and ‘mindsource’ images and illustrations from over 30 contemporary artists. Wayne Daly’s striking graphic(...)
Architectural Theory
May 2015
The age of earthquakes : a guide to the extreme present
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The Age Of Earthquakes is a quick-fire paperback, harnessing the images, language and perceptions of our unfurling digital lives. The authors offer five characteristics of the Extreme Present; invent a glossary of new words to describe how we are truly feeling today; and ‘mindsource’ images and illustrations from over 30 contemporary artists. Wayne Daly’s striking graphic design imports the surreal, juxtaposed, mashed mannerisms of screen to page.
Architectural Theory
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Narahashi's work has been exhibited in Japan to wide acclaim, but never published in book form until now. The photographs were made while the artist stood chest-deep in the ocean facing the shoreline; through them, she manages to extract the viewer's mind from its surroundings, and one finally succumbs to the hallucinatory power of the ocean. In the words of esteemed(...)
Asako Narahashi: half awake and half asleep in the water
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Narahashi's work has been exhibited in Japan to wide acclaim, but never published in book form until now. The photographs were made while the artist stood chest-deep in the ocean facing the shoreline; through them, she manages to extract the viewer's mind from its surroundings, and one finally succumbs to the hallucinatory power of the ocean. In the words of esteemed photographic historian Kotaro Iizawa, "the feeling of being stranded, however, is strangely comforting."
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August 2008
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This is the first publication to explore the role of mirrors, spinning, and "neurotic" architecture: a feeling of psychological breakdown in the work of one of Americas most important contemporary artists, Paul McCarthy (b. 1945). The book is published in conjunction with a major exhibition at the Whitney, for which McCarthy is creating two new installations to appear(...)
Contemporary Art Monographs
August 2008, New York, New Haven, London
Paul McCarthy central symmetrical rotation movement
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This is the first publication to explore the role of mirrors, spinning, and "neurotic" architecture: a feeling of psychological breakdown in the work of one of Americas most important contemporary artists, Paul McCarthy (b. 1945). The book is published in conjunction with a major exhibition at the Whitney, for which McCarthy is creating two new installations to appear alongside his Bang Bang Room (1992) and two recently rediscovered film loops (1966, 1971).
Contemporary Art Monographs
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Reduce, retrieve and remove are the three new processes being added to those already expanded upon in the previous a+t issue. The recent additions refer to refusal and relinquishment options for the current living environment. After having undergone a series of material, formal, technical and economical adjustments, the role of inhabiting a space is viewed with a fresh(...)
A+T 41: reclaim domestic actions
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Reduce, retrieve and remove are the three new processes being added to those already expanded upon in the previous a+t issue. The recent additions refer to refusal and relinquishment options for the current living environment. After having undergone a series of material, formal, technical and economical adjustments, the role of inhabiting a space is viewed with a fresh perspective. This issue contains 53 domestic actions, all of which try to recapture the spirit of feeling at-home.
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November 2013
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333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Our aesthetic categories : zany, cute, interesting / Sianne Ngai.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
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The face of human rights
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There is a remarkable paucity of pictorial material to draw on when discussing human rights and the way they are respected or infringed. This publication captures injustice and evokes feeling, inviting the reader to interact. But is also risks presenting images of normality in a peaceful world. A visual interpretations of individual legal aspects is supported by textual(...)
October 2004, Baden
The face of human rights
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There is a remarkable paucity of pictorial material to draw on when discussing human rights and the way they are respected or infringed. This publication captures injustice and evokes feeling, inviting the reader to interact. But is also risks presenting images of normality in a peaceful world. A visual interpretations of individual legal aspects is supported by textual collages from historical and current human rights discussions. It also offers facts and figures, and acknowledges the efforts governmental and non-governmental organizations are making to defend human rights and stamp out their infringement.
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October 2004, Baden