Bibliotheek: Nieuwe aanwinsten - oktober-november 2009

Traces of Autism : Wander research in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine : verklarende woordenlijst / advising researcher Wim Cuyvers ; text Jacqueline Schoemaker. - Maastricht : Jan van Eyck Academie, 2008. - geen paginering ; 16 cm
The research project Traces of Autism intends to draw up an inventory of public space in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine, based on journeys made through the area and following a number of strict parameters. The emphasis will be on maps: existing maps will be collected, and new maps will be drawn.

Alon Levin : Things Contemporary / edited by Mihnea Mircan. - The Hague ; New York : Alon Levin : Dexter Sinister, 2009. - 80 p. : ills. ; 22 cm
This book is published on the ocassion of Levin's exhibition 'Things Contemporary' at art forum Berlin, with KLEMM'S.

Anderhalve seconde uit de film 'Banshun' van Yasujiro Ozu uit 1949, vlak na het moment waarop een van de hoofdpersonen haastig het huis van haar vriendin verlaat, en net voordat we haar op straat zien lopen / gerlach en koop. - Den Haag : gebr. genk, uitgevers, 2009. - geen paginering : ills. ; 30 cm
Tijdschrift gepubliceerd ter gelegenheid van de groepstentoonstelling 'Radical Autonomy' samengesteld door Arno van Roosmalen voor Le Grand Café, Saint Nazaire, 24 ockober 2009 - 3 januari 2010.

The Fall of the Studio : Artists at Work / editors Wouter Davidts, Kim Paice ; contributors Julia Gelshorn, Morgan Thomas, Philip Ursprung [...et al.]. - Amsterdam : Valiz, 2009. - 245 p. : ills. ; 21 cm. - (Antennae Series)
Includes index.
Collection of essay's on the artist's studio, that question the discussions of the so-called post-studio era. Instead of upholding the accepted narrative that the artist's studio has fallen, this book traces the shifting nature and identity of the studio in postwar art production and art criticism.
Daniel Buren, Olafur Eliasson, Bruce Nauman [...et al.]


The cinema of Ken Loach : Art in the service of the people / Jacob Leigh. - London ; New York : Wallflower Press, 2002. - 211 P. : ills. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book examines the linking of art and politics that distinguishes the work of the British film director Ken Loach.

Art + Architecture : Strategies in collaboration / Christian Bjone. - Basel ; Boston ; Berlin : Birkhäuser Verlag, 2009. - 192 p. : ills. ; 30 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book highlights the most striking examples of cooperations between artists and architects from 1914 up to the present. These interdisciplinary collaborations were not  always without conflict, but a productive tension and friction can form a basis for a successful result.

Eternally Yours, Time in Design : Product Value Sustenance / Ed van Hinte ; articles by John Thackara, Brian Eno, Bruce Sterling [...et al.]. - Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, 2004. - 455 p. : ills. ; 17 cm
Includes reprint of Eternally Yours : Visions on Product Endurance, 1997.
This book gathers the information and experiences that the Eternally Yours Foundation has gathered in recent years, culminating in the 'Time and Design' conference organized in October 2003. Time in Design aims to map out ways of designing and planning products so that their value is sustained and they can be kept in use for a longer time.

Architecture of Change 2 : Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment . edited by Kristin Feireiss and Lukas Feirreiss ; interviews with Peter Sloterdijk and Chris Luebkeman. - Berlin : Gestalten, 2009. - 235 p[. : ills. ; 29 cm
Architecture of Change 2 is a collection of the most innovative architecture projects that combine creativity, scientific knowledge, technical innovation, social engagement and a strong sense of responsibility to address environmental challenges. With over forty exemplary projects this book is a reference for sustainable architecture and visionary urban development.
Renzo Piano, OMA / Rem Koolhaas, Make it Right Foundation [...et al.]


Foodprint Stadsgids Den Haag : Over de culinaire indentiteit van de stad / een initiatief van Stroom Den Haag ; redactie Janneke Vreugdenhil, Francien van Westrenen. - Rotterdam : NAi Uitgevers, 2009. - 205 p. : ills. ; 23 cm
De stadsgids wordt uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van het programma 'Foodprint. Voedsel voor de stad', dat Stroom Den Haag in 2009 en 2010 organiseert. Vanuit de beeldende disciplines wil Stroom met een reeks aan activiteiten het bewustzijn van de waarde van voedsel vergroten en een impuls geven aan het denken over de relatie tussen voedsel en steden.

Eten en Drinken met Wilde Planten : Gids voor het herkennen, oogsten en bereiden van wilde planten, het hele jaar door / Laurette van Slobbe. - Twello : Hof van Twello, 2009. - 159 p. : ills. ; 23 cm
Bevat bibliografische gegevens en index.

Nomadic Furniture : D-I-Y Projects that are Lightweight and Light on the Environment / James Hennessey and Victor Papanek. - Atglen, Pennsylvania : Schiffer Publishing, 2008. - 150 p. : ills. ; 28 cm
A catalog of furniture you can build yourself, or buy, or adapt. All of it can be folded or knocked down, stacked, inflated or (ecological responsibly) recycled or thrown away.

Chris Burden : Beam Drop / redactie Hilde Pauwels, Lilianne Dewachter ; tekst Fred Hoffman. - Antwerpen : Middelheimmuseum, 2009. - 72 p. : ills. ; 22 x 30 cm
Op 30 mei 2009 opende Chris Burden zijn tentoonstelling in het Middelheimmuseum met de installatie van Beam Drop Antwerp. Het werk is toegevoegd aan de collectie van het museum.

Dada East : The Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire / Tom Sandqvist. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : The MIT Press, 2006. - 434 p. : ills. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bucharest and other cities in Romania had been the scene of dada-like poetry, prose and spectacle in the years before the First World War. One of the leading figures was Tristan Tzara, who coined the term Dada. He went to Zürich during the war, and with a group of Romanian artists and writers he frequented the Cabaret Voltaire where it is said that the Dada movement began in 1916.

Militant Modernism / Owen Hatherley. - Winchester, UK ; Washington : O Books, 2008. - 146 p. : ills. ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographcal references.
This book attempts to reclaim a revolutionary modernism against its absorption into the heritage industry and the aesthetics of the luxury flat. The chapters range from  a study of industrial and brutalist aesthetics in Brittain, Russian Constructivism in architecture, the Sexpol of Wilhelm Reich in film and design, and the alienation effects of Brecht and Eisler. All arguing for a Modernism of everyday life, immersed in questions of socialism, sexual politics and technology.

An Occasional Worker / edited by Richard Fajnor and Mira Keratova. - Bratislava : Billboard Gallery, 2006. - geen paginering : ills. ; 13 cm
The Billboard Gallery Europe is an international project focused on the presentation of contemporary visual art in public space, beyond the strategies of usual galleries, using the medium of billboards.
Sejla Kameric, Navid Nuur, Oliver Ressler [...et al.]


Kathinka Bock : The Sound of Distance
/ text Lorenzo Benedetti, Thomas Boutoux, Vanessa Clairet. - Berlin : argobooks, 2009. - geen paginering : ills. ; 32 cm
This catalogue has been published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Kathinka Bock, Sound of Distance' at De Vleeshal, Middelburg, 11.04-21.06.2009

't Hoofd Hoofd
/ tekst en beeld Elise Tak. - Den Haag : Stroom, 2008. - 24 p. : ills. ; 15 x 21 cm
Dit boekje is onderdeel van het kunstproject 't Hoofd Hoofd op Basisschool 't Palet in Den Haag door Elise Tak in opdracht van Stroom Den Haag.

Yours in Food, John Baldessari
/ John Baldessari ; with meditations on eating by Paul Auster [...et al.]. - New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2004. - 138 p. : ills. ; 25 cm
In Yours in Food, John Baldessari, a founding member of the conceptual art movement, invites us to join him at the dinner table.

Justin Bennett : The City Amplified : BMB Con #11 / tekst Rahma Khazan, Freek Lomme, Arno van Roosmalen. - Den Haag : Stroom, 2009. - 2 delen. - 112 p. ; leporello : ills. ; 23 cm
Publicatie ter gelegenheid van de Ouborgprijs 2009 toegekend aan Justin Bennett. De van oorsprong Britse Justin Bennett studeerde beeldhouwkunst in Sheffield en Sonologie aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag. Met een vervolgstudie begin jaren '90 aan de Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht sloot hij zijn opleiding af. Sindsdien woont en werkt hij in Den Haag. Een belangrijk aspect in zijn werk zijn de geluiden van de stad in al hun verscheidenheid. Hij maakt ‘ geluidskaarten' van steden als Beirut en Den Haag. Hij is ook lid van BMB con; een performance groep die 20 jaar gelden is opgezet door Justin Bennett, Wikke 't Hooft en Roelf Toxopeus.

Soundtrack City : 8 geluidswandelingen in Amsterdam / idee, samenstelling en redactie Michiel Huijsman, Renate Zentschnig ; essays Maya Rasker, Joyce Roodnat. - Zwolle : Uitgeverij d'jonge Hond, 2009. - 96 p. : ills. ; 23 cm + audio-cd
De stedelijke omgeving verandert door te luisteren naar de soundtracks in een spannende voorstelling als in een film. De geluidswandelingen zijn gemaakt door Justin Bennett, Adriaan Nette, Jeanne van Heeswijk [...et al.]

11th International Istanbul Biennial 2009 : What Keeps Mankind Alive? : The Texts / edited by Ilkay Balic. - Istanbul : Istanbul Kültür Sanat, 2009. - 488 p. : ills. ; 23 cm
Published on the occasion of the 11th International Istanbul Biennial 2009, Istanbul, September 12 - November 8, 2009. The 11th International İstanbul Biennial takes its title from the song 'Denn wovon lebt der Mensch?', translated into English as 'What Keeps Mankind Alive?'. The song closes the second act of the play The Threepenny Opera, written exactly 80 years ago by Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill.

11th International Istanbul Biennial 2009 : What Keeps Mankind Alive? : The Guide / edited by Ilkay Balic. - Istanbul : Istanbul Kültür Sanat, 2009. - 368 p. : ills. ; 19 cm
Published on the occasion of the 11th International Istanbul Biennial 2009, Istanbul, September 12 - November 8, 2009. The 11th International İstanbul Biennial takes its title from the song 'Denn wovon lebt der Mensch?', translated into English as 'What Keeps Mankind Alive?'. The song closes the second act of the play The Threepenny Opera, written exactly 80 years ago by Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill.
David Maljkovic, Ergan Özgen, Artur Zmijewski [...et al.]


Democratism : An introduction to five models of civil protest
/ Vincemt W.J. van Gerven Oei, Jonas Staal. - Den Haag ; Rotterdam : in eigen beheer, 2009. - 20 p. : ills. ; 23 cm
This booklet comprises of public interventions in Tokyo and a context specific essay written during a 'Creator in Residence' working period at Tokyo Wonder Site Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan.

Guide to the Wastelands of the Lea Valley : 12 Empty Spaces Await the London Olympics / Lara Almarcegui. - London : Barbican Art Gallery, 2009. - 32 p. : ills. ; 24 cm
This guide has been commissioned on the occasion of the exhibition 'Radical Nature - Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009', at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, 19 June-18 October, 2009.

Made in China / photography Johan van Nieuwenhuize ; text Gu Zheng. - Bejing : Three Shadows Photography Art Center, 2009. - 14 p. : ills. ; 21 cm
Made in China is a project by photographer Johan van Nieuwenhuize (1980), it is the result of his artist in residency at the Three Shadows Photography Art Center in Beijing, from april 1 - June 30, 2009.

Exploring Urban Futures = Onderzoek naar de stad van morgen : 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam / text Kees Christiaanse. - Rotterdam : Internationale Architectuur Biënnale Rotterdam, 2009. - 40 p. : ills. ; 25 cm
Published on the occasion of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, 24.09.09-10.01.10. The title of the 4th IABR 2009 is Open City: Designing Coexistsence, curated by Kees Christiaanse.

Gijs Frieling : Vernacular Painting / concept Gijs Frieling, Job Wouters ; essay Ruth Noack ; lettering Job Wouters. - Amsterdam : Valiz, 2009. - geen paginering : ills. ; 30 cm
Vernacular Painting gives an overview of the murals made by Gijs Frieling and his assistants  from 1997 to 2009.

Ciprian Muresan : Artists Book / editor Mihnea Mircan ; texts Dan Perjovschi, Nedko Solakov [...et al.]. - Cluj ; Berlin : Plan B, 2009. - 70 p. : ills. ; 17 cm
A collection of texts by artists I admire, on works of mine that express and fuel that affinity.

B. next - New Urban Conditions : Amsterdam / initiatief en concept DRFTWD Office Associates/Arno van der Mark en Joke Robaard; tekst Let Geerling, JaapJan Berg, Lily van Ginneken. - Amsterdam : DRFTWD Office Associates, 2009. - 222 p. : ills. ; 22 cm
Deze publicatie is een ontwerpend onderzoek dat vertrekkend vanuit bestaande oude en nieuwe stedenbouwkundige footprints naar de toekomst van het Amsterdams stadslandschap kijkt. Niet met grote gebaren of idealen, maar omzichtig en nauwkeurig lezend van wat er is om het te kunnen herschikken naar de behoeften en woonwensen die in verandering zijn.

Pushwagner / edited by Petter Mejlaender. - Oslo : Magikon forlag, 2008. - 58 p. : ills. ; 24 cm
This book presents a personal and analytical view into the work of Harinton Pushwagner. The core of 'Pushwagner' consists of the artist's main works Apocalypse, A Day in the Life of Family Man and the graphic novel Soft City. In 2008, more than thirty years after it was completed, Soft City was both published and shown at the 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art.

Soft City  / Pushwagner. - Oslo : No Comprendo Press, 2008. - geen paginering : ills. ; 34 cm
This book presents the graphic novel Soft City (1969). In 2008, more thirty years after it was completed, Soft City was both published and shown at the 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art.

KUNSTMOSCHEE / text Azra Aksamija, Deniz Turker. - Wien : Secession, 2007. - 40 p. : ills. ; 22 cm
This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition 'KUNSTMOSCHEE' of Azra Aksamija, at the Secession, Wien, July 21 - September 30, 2007. KUNSTMOSCHEE (Art Mosque) activates the garden of the Secession in the form of a usable sculpture - a prayer rug landscape, which is detached from manifest architecture and thereby questions the relation between religion and territoriality.

Ryan Gander : In a language you don't understand / edited by Sara De Bondt, Ryan Gander ; text Graham Parker, Steve Rushton [...e tal.]. - Manchester : the international 3 ; 2002. - geen paginering : ills. ; 22 cm
Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Mary Aurory Sorry' at The International 3, Manchester, April 2002.

Het verlangen naar de kust / Alain Corbin. - Nijmegen : SUN, 1989. - 430 p. : ills. ; 22 cm. - (Sporen reeks)
Bevat bibliografische gegevens.
Tot 1750 werd de kust ervaren als een oord van huiver en afschuw. Men stond er aan de grens van de mensvijandige zee en de bedreigende oneindigheid. Vansf 1750 echter slaat de afkeer van deze zone van leegte geleidelijk om in fascinatie. Beeldende kunst, literatuur en wetenschappelijke nieuwsgierigheid bereidden de weg voor naar de standcultuur.

Wilhelm Sasnal / editing Stefanie Jansen, Catherine Schelbert. - München ; London ; New York : Prestel Verlag, 2009. - 144 p. : ills. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Wilhelm Sasnal' at K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 5, 2009 - January 10, 2010

Simon Dybbroe Moller : Like Origami Gone Wrong / concept Simon Dybbroe Moller, Karsten Heller ; editor Dominik Imhof. - Zürich : JRP Ringier, 2007. - 132 p. : ills. ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Simon Dybbroe Moller - Like Origami Gone Wrong' at the Arhus Kunstbygning, and at the Kunstmuseum Thun, both in 2007.

Luke Fowler / editors Beatrix Ruf, Julia Peyton-Jones, Hans-Ulrich Obrist. - Zürich : JRP Ringier, 2009. - 96 p. : ills. ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
This publication is relaesed on the occasion of the exhibitions 'Luke Fowler' at Kunsthalle Zürich, 30 August - 2 November 2008, and at Serpentine Gallery, 7 May - 14 June 2009.