Features contributors from the fields of art, science, mathematics, performance, music, architecture, design, literature and sociology who have devised or chosen their own formula to express their understanding of life. This book features formulas in the form of an equation or typeset text, or a drawing, diagram, photograph or painting.

This publication is concerned with play, mapping, and the experience of a collective writing. Thought of as a history, geography, and contemporary art book, it is the result of a series of delegations, invitations, and programs of those who conceived the Biennale event. Bringing together 70 players from around the world, divided into two groups according to whether they are artists or critics and

Gerhard Richter is one of the foremost artists of his generation. This book provides a wider selection of Richters texts, from all periods of his career. It includes letters and interviews; private reflections from personal correspondence; and, excerpts from journals discussing the intentions, subjects, methods and sources of his works.

Ai Weiwei is an artist for the twenty-first century. In his sculptures, he refashions artefacts and antiques into monumental constructions such as Template (2007): hundreds of wooden doors and windows taken from demolished Ming and Qing dynasty temples and arranged into a massive outdoor sculpture. This is a monograph on Ai Weiwei.

A central figure in Glasgows vibrant art scene, Luke Fowlers cinematic collages break down conventional approaches to biographical and documentary film-making. Fowlers films have often been linked to British Free Cinema, whose distinctive aesthetic cam.

A study of video artist Pipilotti Rist. It features a discussion of Rist's work in relation to notions of Utopia; an examination of her innovation in video technology in the creation of a female image; an exploration of the video work, Absolutions ; Rist's descriptions of her dreams; and more.

The Conversation Series 13. Hans Ulrich Obrist met the Icelandic art wanderer in a variety of locations including his studio and onboard airplanes. The interviews are published here for the first time. Eliasson was born in Copenhagen of Icelandic extraction. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial and temporal research. Eliassons works range from ...

Raised in Albania, Sala relocated to Paris, and then moved to Berlin in 2003. In a relatively short time, he developed a vision that addresses the issues of a posthistorical world with a haunting simplicity that transcends cultures and borders. This book provides an overview and analysis of the artist's entire career.

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Hans Ulrich Obrist visited Wolfgang Tillmans twice to speak with him about his work, the changes in his photographic way of seeing and thematical pursuits since the 1980s. Tillmans recently published book Manual is discussed in detail. Cultural and social topics such as AIDS, which Tillmans confronts in word and image, are also discussed by the artist in these very personal conversations.

The solo exhibition at Museum Ludwig, Cologne and this accompanying catalogue show-cases Jonas Mekas wide-ranging influence, his sheer passion for film, and his enduring influence on artists and film makers of several generations, and on the very way f.

Central to the work of Gerhard Richter is a strong set of values and ideas which throughout his career he has expressed in notes and writings. This book presents a selection of these writings, accompanied by illustrations of pictures from both private collections and from the studio.

Hans Ulrich Obrist and Olafur Eliasson. The Experiment Marathon events were a series of over forty consecutive public experiments that explored ideas of time, space and reality through various models, investigating our understanding of the world and how knowledge is built up over time.

A Brief History of Curating. This publication is dedicated to pioneering curators and presents a unique collection of interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist with Anne DHarnoncourt, Werner Hoffman, Jean Leering, Franz Meyer, Seth Siegelaub, Walter Zanini, Johannes Cladders, Lucy Lippard, W.