With lines that constantly transform and self-destruct, Economic Didactics is a collection of scripts and other writings drawn from the work of Argentinian performance artist Liv Schulman (born 1985) designed to be activated in both public and private contexts.

Through public performances, videos or installations using traditional dyeing and weaving techniques, Guatemalan artist Sandra Monterroso (born 1974) delves into her Mayan Q'eqchi' ancestry to heal the spiritual and physical wounds inflicted by colonial violence. She also asks the broader question: how can artistic practice pave the way for healing?
This bilingual collection of essays and interviews from Monterroso, as well as a host of curators, activists and scholars across the Americas, unravels the core themes of her work including ancestral knowledge, Indigenous identities and feminisms, as well as the relationship between materiality and memory. At the same time, they point . . . .go to book page >>

Published with Nara Roesler.

Marco A. Castillo (born 1971) is an artist whose design-focused practice examines the profound social and cultural shifts that shaped the early years of Cuba's socialist utopia. He was a founding member of the collective Los Carpinteros, alongside Alexandre Arrechea and Dagoberto Rodríguez, before embarking on a solo career in 2018. Since then, he has developed a prolific body of work inspired by Cuba's aesthetic modernization during the 1960s and 1970s, pushing traditional materials such as mahogany and rattan to their expressive limits. His archival research into key figures of Cuban industrial design honors a forgotten . . . .go to book page >>