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Building an Island

Editor: Graz 2003: Kulturhauptstadt Europas | Reference: P2910 | ISBN: 978-3775713573 | Type: Publication

Acconci’s Mur Island in Graz forges a closer bond between life on the river and in the two halves of the city. The book documents the different stages of the design, and places sketches and computer simulations next to remarkable photographs of models as well as shots of the finished island. An interview with Vito Acconci and a presentation of the diverse work by the Acconci Studio round off the book.  In German and English.

Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972

Editor: Lucy R Lippard | Reference: P2918 | ISBN: 978-0520210134 | Type: Publication

Lucy R. Lippard documents the chaotic network of ideas that has been labeled conceptual art. The book is arranged as an annotated chronology into which is woven a rich collection of original documents–including texts by and taped discussions among and with the artists involved.

Gob Squad and the Impossible Attempt To Make Sense of It All

Editor: Johanna Freiburg | Reference: P2875 | Type: Publication

A 150 page reader for students and other particularly interested audience members stuffed full of texts, scripts, interviews and concept documents.

Situationist International Anthology

Editor: Ken Knabb | Reference: P2870 | ISBN: 978-0939682041 | Type: Publication

Generally recognized as the most comprehensive and accurately translated collection of situationist writings in English, this book presents a rich variety of articles, leaflets, graffiti and internal documents, ranging from early experiments in “psychogeography” to lucid analyses of the Watts riot, the Vietnam War, the Prague Spring, the Chinese Cultural Revolution and other crises and upheavals of the sixties.

Black Artists in British Art: A History since the 1950s

Artist/Author: Eddie Chambers | Reference: P2846 | ISBN: 978-1780762722 | Type: Publication

Beginning with discussions of the pioneering generation of artists such as Ronald Moody, Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling, Chambers candidly discusses the problems and progression of several generations, including contemporary artists such as Steve McQueen, Chris Ofili and Yinka Shonibare.

Andy Warhol: Death and Disaster

Editor: Ingrid Moessinger | Reference: P2851 | ISBN: 978-3-7356-0046-2 | Type: Publication

Catalogue for the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz exhibition Andy Warhol: Death and Disaster, curated by Heiner Bastian. November 2014 – February 2015.

Exploding Galaxies: The Art of David Medalla

Artist/Author: Guy Brett | Reference: P2834 | ISBN: 978-0947753061 | Type: Publication

A book on the multi-disciplinary and experimental practice of artist David Medalla, who was born in the Philippines. Based in London since the 1960s, he has made an effort to remain independent of the art market and the institutional structure. Artist biography, bibliography and illustrated documentation of works included.

This item is part of the 'Glimpses of before: 1970s UK Performance Art' Study Room Guide by Helena Goldwater (P2497)

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Artist/Author: Hannah Arendt | Reference: P2842 | ISBN: 978-0156701532 | Type: Publication

Arendt provides a historical account of the forces that crystallized into totalitarianism. The ebb and flow of nineteenth-century anti-Semitism (she deemed the Dreyfus Affair a dress rehearsal for the Final Solution) and the rise of European imperialism, accompanied by the invention of racism as the only possible rationalization for it.

Embracing the Elusive or the necessity of the superfluous

Artist/Author: Frie Leysen | Reference: A0638 | Type: Article

Belgian festival director and curator Frie Leysen challenges Australian artists and arts organisations to be bold, and to challenge an increasingly ossified status quo in her closing keynote address at the 2015 Australian Theatre Forum (ATF). Miscellaneous folder #5A.

Epilogue: Postcards from the Future

Artist/Author: C and H | Reference: P2493 | ISBN: 978-94-9069-355-8 | Type: Publication

Documentation of European performance art collective C and H’s project ‘Postcard from the Future’

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