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The Neon Hieroglyph

The Neon Hieroglyph

The Neon Hieroglyph

by Tai Shani

Introduction by Amy Hale

Afterword by Caspar Heinemann

ISBN: 9781913689490

Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

Pub Date: March 7, 2023

A series of painterly and poetic considerations on a feminized history of the rye fungus Ergot, the chemical basis of LSD, from the author of Our Fatal Magic.
Performing Mixed Reality

Performing Mixed Reality

Performing Mixed Reality

by Steve Benford and Gabriella Giannachi

ISBN: 9780262546508

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 1, 2022

A computer scientist and a performance and new media theorist define and document the emerging field of mixed reality performance.
From the Pot to the Earth at Rochester Square

From the Pot to the Earth at Rochester Square

From the Pot to the Earth at Rochester Square

Clay, Garden, and Food: A Composition of Artworks, Dinners, Words, and People

by Francesca Anfossi

Foreword by Emily King

ISBN: 9783956796241

Publisher: Sternberg Press

Pub Date: October 4, 2022

How urban spaces are finding new life through communities of gardeners, cooks, ceramicists, and creatives.
Art Demonstration

Art Demonstration

Art Demonstration

Group Material and the 1980s

by Claire Grace

ISBN: 9780262543521

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 24, 2022

A study of Group Material, the influential but underexamined New York–based artist collective, investigating a series of key works.
Parallel Public

Parallel Public

Parallel Public

Experimental Art in Late East Germany

by Sara Blaylock

ISBN: 9780262046633

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 1, 2022

How East German artists made their country's experimental art scene a form of (counter) public life.
Glacier Elegies

Glacier Elegies

Glacier Elegies

by Jaanika Peerna

Edited by Zoë Foster

ISBN: 9781949597172

Publisher: Terra Nova Press

Pub Date: March 1, 2022

An in-depth look at Jaanika Peerna's iconic work, through essays, images of works and performances, and the artist's own words.
Avoidance—Avoidance

Avoidance—Avoidance

Avoidance—Avoidance

by Jesse Ash

Introduction by Elsa Coustou

ISBN: 9783956794285

Publisher: Sternberg Press

Pub Date: May 25, 2021

The script for, and conversations around, artist Jesse Ash's multi-dimensional project built around a play about a bitter argument between two ex-lovers.
A Slow Burning Fire

A Slow Burning Fire

A Slow Burning Fire

The Rise of the New Art Practice in Yugoslavia

by Marko Ilić

ISBN: 9780262044844

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 16, 2021

The first comprehensive study of the former Yugoslavia's diverse and groundbreaking alternative art scenes from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Reinventing Daily Life

Reinventing Daily Life

Reinventing Daily Life

Edited by Martijn de Rijk and Thomas Spijkerman

ISBN: 9783956795138

Publisher: Sternberg Press

Pub Date: May 26, 2020

On the possibility to merge art and life, fiction and reality, and on the importance of this process for the future of artistic practice.
Ivor Cutler

Ivor Cutler

Ivor Cutler

Y'Hup

by Natasha Hoare

ISBN: 9781912685066

Publisher: Goldsmiths Press

Pub Date: December 31, 2019

A collection of musical scores, lyrics, sketches, artworks, letters, press cuttings, and posters, gathered to celebrate the Scottish poet, songwriter, and humorist Ivor Cutler.
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