| | | The Essential Short Guide & Catalogs for Documenta 13 2012Hatje Cantz Documenta 13: Catalog I/3, The Book of Books The Book of Books offers an overview of Documenta 13's guiding themes through a compilation of art projects and essays. Documenta 13's Artistic Director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev has proposed the 2012 festival as a refusal of conceptual unity, instead "choreographing many different kinds of materials, methodologies and forms of knowledge." Responding to the political and economic uncertainty of our times, Christov-Bakargiev declares that "Documenta must aspire, by contrast, to instead exercise imagination as a space of accuracy in which to practice and challenge our definition of the political." The Book of Books reproduces the entire 100 Notes-100 Thoughts series of publications (either ... Hbk, 9 x 11 in. / 767 pgs / 1,200 color.  FREE UPS GROUND SHIPPING IN THE US
$95.00 Hatje Cantz Documenta 13: Catalog III/3, The Guidebook The Guidebook is entirely devoted to the artists participating in Documenta 13. Each one is introduced in an illustrated essay written by one of the Documenta's agents, in close collaboration with the artists-who also contribute illustrations, which are as diverse as the projects themselves. These essays are individual visual statements, ranging from drawings to notes. Narrative introductions to the various venues combine factual details with Carolyn Christov-Barkargiev's key ideas and concepts, which are connected to each of the venues. Containing a map of the exhibition and brief descriptions of all of the sites and projects, this short guide is an indispensable ... Pbk, 6.75 x 8.25 in. / 537 pgs / 250 color.  FREE UPS GROUND SHIPPING IN THE US
$40.00 Hatje Cantz Documenta 13: Catalog II/3, The Logbook The Documenta Logbook volume reveals Artistic Director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev's working methods for the 2012 Documenta, from the earliest planning stages in 2010 right up to the opening of Documenta in 2012, in writings and photographs. A second section of photographs documents the installation of artist's works in Kassel, plus a schedule of the various public events, from concerts to performances. With its emphasis on the provisional and the processual and the provisional, the Logbook expresses Christov-Bakargiev's guiding strategy and philosophy for Documenta 13: "to exercise imagination as a space of accuracy in which to practice and challenge our definition of the ... Pbk, 7.75 x 9.75 in. / 319 pgs / 450 color.  FREE UPS GROUND SHIPPING IN THE US
$45.00 Hatje Cantz Doug Ashford, Julie Ault, Group Material: AIDS Timeline In 1989, the members of Group Material—Doug Ashford, Julie Ault, Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Karen Ramspacher—were invited by the Matrix Gallery to address the subject of AIDS. The artists assembled their research into this timeline of the epidemic’s emergence as a national crisis. ... Pbk, 7 x 9.75 in. / 24 pgs / 18 color.  FREE UPS GROUND SHIPPING IN THE US
$10.00 Hatje Cantz Mario Bellatin: The Hundred Thousand Books of Bellatin The Hundred Thousand Books of Bellatin projects consists of 100 books written by Bellatin, each of which is to be printed in an edition of 1,000. ... Pbk, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 28 pgs / 1 color.  FREE UPS GROUND SHIPPING IN THE US
$10.00 Hatje Cantz Franco Bifo Berardi: Ironic Ethics Berardi draws an image of contemporary Italy as Berlusconiland,” where the Italian language has been debased, and the policies of Mafia media moguls” permeate culture like a psychopoison.” ... Pbk, 4.25 x 5.75 in. / 44 pgs / 1 color.  FREE UPS GROUND SHIPPING IN THE US
$10.00 Hatje Cantz Cornelius CastoriadisEdited and with introduction by Nikos Papastergiadis. Philosopher, economist and psychoanalyst Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997) eschewed notebooks, preferring the backs of ration cards or conference programs, reproduced here. ... Pbk, 7 x 9.75 in. / 48 pgs / 36 color.  FREE UPS GROUND SHIPPING IN THE US
$10.00 Hatje Cantz Mariana Castillo Deball & Roy Wagner: Coyote Anthropology, A Conversation in Words and Drawings Mariana Castillo Deball opens a dialogue with the anthropological writings of Roy Wagner, through text and drawings. ... Pbk, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 24 pgs.  FREE UPS GROUND SHIPPING IN THE US
$10.00 Hatje Cantz Dario Gamboni: The Listening Eye, Taking Notes after Gauguin In this notebook, art historian Dario Gamboni embarks on the trail of the notoriously restless Paul Gauguin, making his own observations in Gauguin’s wake through photographs, drawings and notes. Comparisons between their respective experiences are elaborated in extensive captions. ... Pbk, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 36 pgs / 23 color.  FREE UPS GROUND SHIPPING IN THE US
$10.00 Hatje Cantz Mario Garcia Torres: A Few Questions Regarding the Hesitance at Choosing between Bringing a Bottle of Wine or a Bouquet of Flowers In his notebook, Mario Garcia Torres meditates on the relation between being a guest and being a host, citing examples from contemporary art. ... Pbk, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 28 pgs / 7 color.  FREE UPS GROUND SHIPPING IN THE US
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