Living as Form

Living as Form
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9780262017343
ISBN-13 : 0262017342
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Living as Form by : Nato Thompson

'Living as Form' grew out of a major exhibition at Creative Time in New York City. Like the exhibition, the book is a landmark survey of more than 100 projects selected by a 30-person curatorial advisory team; each project is documented by a selection of colour images.

Telematic Embrace

Telematic Embrace
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : 0520218035
ISBN-13 : 9780520218031
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Telematic Embrace by : Roy Ascott

Annotation Telematic Embrace combines a provocative collection of writings from 1964 to the present by the preeminent artist and art theoretician Roy Ascott, with a critical essay by Edward Shanken that situates Ascott's work within a history of ideas in art, technology, and philosophy.

Subjective Lives and Economic Transformations in Mongolia

Subjective Lives and Economic Transformations in Mongolia
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Publisher : UCL Press
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 9781787351462
ISBN-13 : 1787351467
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Subjective Lives and Economic Transformations in Mongolia by : Rebecca M. Empson

Almost 10 years ago the mineral-rich country of Mongolia experienced very rapid economic growth, fuelled by China’s need for coal and copper. New subjects, buildings, and businesses flourished, and future dreams were imagined and hoped for. This period of growth is, however, now over. Mongolia is instead facing high levels of public and private debt, conflicts over land and sovereignty, and a changed political climate that threatens its fragile democratic institutions. Subjective Lives and Economic Transformations in Mongolia details this complex story through the intimate lives of five women. Building on long-term friendships, which span over 20 years, Rebecca documents their personal journeys in an ever-shifting landscape. She reveals how these women use experiences of living a ‘life in the gap’ to survive the hard reality between desired outcomes and their actual daily lives. In doing so, she offers a completely different picture from that presented by economists and statisticians of what it is like to live in this fluctuating extractive economy.

Performance Artists Talking in the Eighties

Performance Artists Talking in the Eighties
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 588
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ISBN-10 : 9780520919662
ISBN-13 : 0520919661
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Performance Artists Talking in the Eighties by : Linda M. Montano

Performance artist Linda Montano, curious about the influence childhood experience has on adult work, invited other performance artists to consider how early events associated with sex, food, money/fame, or death/ritual resurfaced in their later work. The result is an original and compelling talking performance that documents the production of art in an important and often misunderstood community. Among the more than 100 artists Montano interviewed from 1979 to 1989 were John Cage, Suzanne Lacy, Faith Ringgold, Dick Higgins, Annie Sprinkle, Allan Kaprow, Meredith Monk, Eric Bogosian, Adrian Piper, Karen Finley, and Kim Jones. Her discussions with them focused on the relationship between art and life, history and memory, the individual and society, and the potential for individual and social change. The interviews highlight complex issues in performance art, including the role of identity in performer-audience relationships and art as an exploration of everyday conventions rather than a demonstration of virtuosity.

Artists' Magazines

Artists' Magazines
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 377
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ISBN-10 : 9780262015196
ISBN-13 : 0262015196
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Artists' Magazines by : Gwen Allen

How artists' magazines, in all their ephemerality, materiality, and temporary intensity, challenged mainstream art criticism and the gallery system.

Improving Animal Traction Technology

Improving Animal Traction Technology
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Total Pages : 492
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ISBN-10 : CORNELL:31924073941803
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Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Improving Animal Traction Technology by : Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa. Workshop

The profitability of animal traction. The management of draft animals. Animal-powered tillage and weeding technology. The supply and distribution of implements for animal traction women and animal traction technology. The transfer of animal traction technology. Animal-powered transport. Diversifyng operations using animal power. Country experiences and constraints.