The fourth installment in Ivan Cheng’s (born 1991) vampire novels, Confidences/Production deals with education and is related to the role of substitute teachers in the foundation of the vampire, with younger loves” and dedications.\

Nobody writes about art like Estelle Hoy. Overpriced cheesecakes are the starting point for an essay on art writing; shoplifting in Berlin opens to a reflection on the economies of activist practices; fiction allows for discussion of the legacy of institutional critique, queer mélanges or quiet melancholy. To her, the story of art becomes more nuanced in light of lyrics by Arthur Russell, the posthumous sorrow of Sylvia Plath or a poem by Yvonne Rainer. Saké Blue gathers Hoy’s critical essays and reviews, primarily on women artists. Echoing the work of Hervé Guibert or Camille Henrot, Hoy’s writing suggests that . . . .go to book page >>

What is an artist’s life made of? In his second volume of New Address, Tobias Kaspar (born 1984) uses behind-the-scenes style documentation to picture the hidden aspects of the life of a stereotypical” artist.

In response to the titular question, American artist Cooper Jacoby (born 1989) programs thermostats inserted into sculptures with continuously evolving text generated by AI. The tone of the narrative changes according to the heat and humidity in the exhibition space. Somewhere between automatic poetry and speculative fiction, these experimental writing pieces form the core of this book.

Born out of a close collaboration between Danish artists Marie Lund (born 1976) and Frederik Worm (born 1991), this artist’s book expands the physical experience of the exhibition The Falling—staged at Kunstmuseum St.Gallen along with the work of Cally Spooner (born 1983) and Hans Josephsohn (1920–2012)—in print form. Lund invited Worm to document the exhibition, which he did through a series of photographs taken at different times over its duration.
Lund’s sculptures incorporate materials such as found objects, metal, clay, textiles and concrete, creating shapes that deftly manipulate volume and texture. Responding to their presence, Worm’s suite of photographs takes the . . . .go to book page >>