BOOK FORMAT
Paperback, 6.75 x 9 in. / 200 pgs / 39 color / 5 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 3/1/2022
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DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2022 p. 145

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9781940190310 TRADE
List Price: $25.00 CDN $34.00 GBP £20.00

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In stock

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Lastgaspism: Art and Survival in the Age of Pandemic

Edited by Anthony Romero, Daniel Tucker, Dan S. Wang. Text by Kimberly Bain, Sandra de la Loza, Cheryl Derricotte, DS4SI (Kenneth Bailey and Lori Lobenstine), Erin Genia, Pato Hebert, Damon Locks, Kelli Morgan, Karthik Pandian.

At a time of ubiquitous crisis, this multidisciplinary anthology explores “breath” as an allegory and expression of the need for social transformation

Collecting interviews, critical essays and artist portfolios, Lastgaspism considers matters of life and death in relation to breath, both allegorical and literal. Bringing into mutual proximity the ecological, political, public health and spiritual crises of our time, this book considers the compounding nature of these events and their impact upon one another, illuminating how the act of gasping for breath is starkly exposing the either/or that stands before us: either we breathe or we die. Through aesthetic and socially engaged strategies of all kinds, cultural workers are responding to the most urgent issues in contemporary life. Lastgaspism offers a framework to help us make sense of the interlocked crises of the unfolding present and asks with critical optimism what can happen in this time of transition.

PRAISE AND REVIEWS

Hyperallergic

Nancy Zastudil

Addresses feminism, essential workers, mutual aid, history, death, and grief as measures of time, and, above all, the breath in “personal expressions and cultural practices,” as Dan S. Wang considers.