Compendium of 26 conversations between Doug Aitkin and artists, filmmakers, designers and architects. Includes conversations with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Robert Altman, Kenneth Anger, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Chris Burden, Bruce Conner, Claire Denis, Stan Douglas, Olafur Eliasson, Pablo Ferro, Mike Figgis, Werner Herzog, Gary Hill, Carsten Höller, Pierre Huyghe, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Rem Koolhaas, Greg Lynn, Carsten Nicolai, Richard Prince, Pipilotti Rist, Ugo Rondinone, Ed Ruscha, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Amos Vogel, and Robert Wilson. [details]
Diamond Sea is a photographic journey through Diamond Areas One and Two: a highly secure 70,000 square kilometre area along the coastline of the Namibian desert. This area, containing the world's richest diamond mine, has been sealed off from public access since 1907. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with the show held in 2007. Essay by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson. "...[The catalogue] focuses on Aitken's still images, more than half of which have never been reproduced before. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with the show held January 16 - February 12, 2007. Essays by Klaus Biesenbach and Peter Eleey. "This book, which expands on ideas raised by the film contains essays . ... [details]
Boxed exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Freundeskreis Museum Kurhaus und Koekkeok - Haus Kleve, Kleve, Germany, May 12 - June 26, 2005. Text written and edited by Robert Meijer. ... [details]
Edited by Tod Lippy. Essays "Artist's Project: Mark Keffer: Form and function merge in a series of altered maps (Throughout the issue)," by Mark Keffer; "Mumushka: A child's memories of her beloved grandmother, refracted through the prism of a rich imagination," written and illustrated by Andrea Dezso; "Known By Sight: Marvin Lazarus, Photographer: Compelling portraits-in words and images-of prominent artists by a nearly forgotten figure," photographs and journal excerpts by Marvin Lazarus; "Homemade: An Interview with the Wrens: The band's album The Meadowlands is a masterpiece; here, they discuss its making (and their near undoing)," by Tod Lippy; "Alex Shear's Object Lesson #3: (Poster)," by unattributed artists; "Tricks of the Trade: Recovered from a Santa Monica yard sale, this issue's found object is an entertainer's gag book from 1957," by Michael Rohatyn; "Artist's Project: Jenny Holzer: These recently declassified "Memoranda," selected by the artist, must see the light of day," by unattributed artists; "The Sissy Letters (#2): Second in a continuing series of monologues written for Esopus," by Stephen Adly Guirgis; "100 Frames: Bruce Conner's Breakaway: An ethereal sequence from the San Francisco artist's classic experimental film from 1966," by Doug Aitken; "Means Without End: We asked your publicists to devise PR strategies for Esopus; we've published the results," by Sloane Crosley, John Melick, Baldev Kaur, and Graham Leggat; "Angus Trumble's 1849 in Retrospect: One year. ... [details]
Cultural journal based in New York City. Includes text by Jacques-Alain Miller, Alain Badiou, Lilia Mahjoub, Massimo Recalcati, Jean-Luc Nancy, Slavoj Žižek, and JA as well as illustrations by Cecily Brown and Doug Aitkin. [details]
"Co-organized by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Philippe Parreno as a group exhibition that would occupy time rather than space, "Il Tempo del Postino" usurped the durational dimension of theater by presenting time-based art on the stage of the Manchester Opera House (July 12 – 14, 2007). ... [details]
