Artificial Hells
- 382 pages
- 14 hours of reading
A searing critique of participatory art by an iconoclastic historian.
Claire Hutchet Bishop Books
Claire Huchet Bishop was a gifted children's novelist whose works often delved into themes of faith and human solidarity. She crafted stories renowned for their accessibility and underlying depth, engaging young readers and adults alike. Bishop's approach focused on narratives that not only entertained but also encouraged reflection on moral values and mutual understanding. Her literary legacy lies in her distinctive ability to intertwine engaging storytelling with profound messages.
It’s bad news when you wake up in the morning and find you’ve lost your head, especially if it’s an especially agreeable and handsome head, but there you go, such things happen. In any case, the man who loses his head in The Man Who Lost His Head isn’t about to grin (that is, if he could grin) and bear it. No, he’ll make himself a new one, and starting with a pumpkin and moving on to a parsnip and finally picking up a block of wood, he sets about getting it just right. Still, for all his efforts, it somehow isn’t right. It isn’t the head he had before. It turns out that only a brash bold boy can save the man who lost his head from losing it altogether.Claire Huchet Bishop’s charming parable is illustrated by the great Robert McCloskey, whose books for children include One Morning in Maine, Blueberries for Sal, and the Caldecott Medal–winning Make Way for Ducklings.
How technology and the attention economy has impacted contemporary art
Thomas Hirschhorn
- 365 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Published on the occasion of his exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion of the 2011 Venice Biennale, Establishing a Critical Corpus is the first theoretical examination of the work of Thomas Hirschhorn (born 1957), in six illustrated essays by authors including scholars Claire Bishop and Hal Foster and the poet Manuel Joseph, providing a variety of angles on Hirschhorn's practice.
Z posłowia Joanny Warszy: „Sztuczne piekła oferują budowanie połączeń pomiędzy awangardowym performansem i teatrem a kulturą obywatelską, ideami emancypacji, samoświadomości czy współodpowiedzialności. Efemeryczne działania zajmują w książce centralne miejsce, bowiem to one, w przeciwieństwie do materialnych form kultury wizualnej, są oparte na spotkaniu ludzi, mają na celu wywołanie emocji, poruszenia, stworzenie tymczasowej społeczności, pobudzenie energii”.