Set of two postcards out of ten produced by Aleksandra Mir as part of her exhibition "Switzerland and Other Islands," held August 18 - October 8, 2006. "Conceived on the island of Manhattan, produced on the island of Sicily and exhibited on the island of Switzerland, this body of work encapsulates everything I know about borders, natural, political and otherwise. ... [details]
Set of two postcards in a series of eight postcards produced by Aleksandra Mir as part of her participation in the exhibition "A Lucky Strike. Art Finds City" held at GAK (Gestellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst), Bremen, Germany, September 9 - October 30, 2005. ... [details]
The Ringier Annual Report from 2002 featuring an artist's project by Alexander Mir. For her contribution Mir compiled and captioned photographs which run continuously along the bottom of each page, the content of each photograph connects to the next. ... [details]
Poster published in conjunction with show "Naming Tokyo (Part II)," held at the Swiss Institute, New York, November 13 – December 20, 2003. Originally produced as a commission for Palais de Tokyo in Paris as part of the exhibition "GNS: Global Navigation System. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue / artist's book published in conjunction with show held in 2007. Texts in English Basque, Alemannic, Italian and Spanish. "1,000 love stories were solicited from the general public, each marked with a heart and the protagonists' initials carved into a pine tree at the NMAC Foundation's vast forest compound. ... [details]
Biography of Zoe Stillpass, the daughter of art collectors, as told through photographs, ephemera, and an interview between Aleksandra Mir and Zoe''s mother Karen Stillpass. Commissioned by Polly Staple, edited by Mir and Staple. ... [details]
Biography of Donald Cappy, the Manager of Public Safety on the CCAC [Dundee Contemporary Arts / Cubitt] campus where Aleksandra Mir was staying at the time. Includes an interview with Cappy by Mir and pictures of Cappy as well as selections of his childhood ephemera. ... [details]
Business card (letterpress with gold foil) produced by Aleksandra Mir in Mexico City during an artist residency and exhibition titled "Localismos."
"Responding to the mandate set by the curators of ‘Localismos'', a month-long residential workshop, that artists-in-residence ''work with materials and craftsmanship available in the historical center - so that from its conception, production and exhibition there is a coherent dialogue with the context'', I approached a series of local craftsmen to produce for me a series of signs in a variety of techniques - letterpress, paper, cast and welded metal - that all spell out the sentence ‘Yo No Hablo Español''.
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Two sided tract titled "How Not to Cook Something : Lessons Learned the Hard Way," by Aleksandra Mir published as one of sixty tracts produced by various artists as part of Lisa Ann Auerbach's project "The Tract House," shown in conjunction with the exhibition "Cottage Industry," curated by Kristin Chambers, held at the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, in 2008. ... [details]
Two sided postcard / announcement published in conjunction with a performance by Aleksandra Mir held on the beach of Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, on August 28, 1999. Heavy machinery transformed the beach into a lunar landscape on which Mir planted an American flag, becoming the first woman on the moon. [details]
