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Hedwig Houben Grip

Jap Sam 2017 ISBN 9789490322755 Acqn 27111
Hb 21x30cm 108pp 73ills 59col 22.50
This book is Hedwig Houben's first monograph, exploring her playful, multifaceted practice, from
a range of angles. Richly illustrated with drawings and photographs, the book documents her
performances, videos and sculptural installations.
Featuring both the artist's voice and an analysis of her work by different writers, it contains a
description of her cast of characters and three scripts by Houben; an interview with the artist by
Vanessa Desclaux (associate curator of La Galerie, centre d'art contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec);
an exploration of Houben's humour by Rita McBride (artist and rector of the Kunstakademie
Dsseldorf); and an in-depth reading of Houben's recent work Personal Matters and Public Affairs
by Zo Gray (Senior Curator at WIELS \ Contemporary Art Centre).

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Silvia B - Of Beauty and Doubt

Jap Sam 2017 ISBN 9789490322816 Acqn 27112
Hb 23x33cm 264pp 305ills 205col 44
As Silvia B. profounded herself as a multi disciplinary thinker from the very start, she actually took
the on design of this book along with the concept, the photography and the editing. With her roots
in fashion, she chose a magazine-look, a very luxurious variant though. And with her curator
background her desire was to make a book like an exhibition in which one could wander around.
She shows every series of work on its own selection of paper, alternated by quires of essays again on their own kind of paper - throwing light upon her work from different angles.
Silvia B.: A bit like feeling very welcome, when wandering through an exhibition that has all the
rooms customised to accompany the work, I hope one will wander eventually through the
chapters of my book.

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Its All Happening So Fast - A Counter-History of the Modern Candadian Evironment

Jap Sam 2017 ISBN 9789490322786 Acqn 27113
Pb 17x24cm 368pp 162ills 96col 31.50
In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their
privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with nature. Today, Canada's
environmental record is among the poorest when compared to other wealthy nations, a fact that
suggests ambivalence, and the actions of competing interests, which are most often exposed in
moments of disorder and disregard for the unexpected consequences of managing the country's
seemingly endless bounty.
The 15 case studies presented here reframe Canada since 1945, and these surprising events are
grounded in conversations about cultural myths and the legal environment, changing ideas of
natural resources and environmental risk, indigenous engagement with environmentalism and
development, and the impacts of the environmentalist movement.
With contributions by Taiaiake Alfred, Brian Brennan, Dean Bavington, David R. Boyd, David
Cayley, Douglas Coupland, Elizabeth R. DeSombre, Caroline Desbiens, Emily Eaton, David
Gray-Donald, Marianne Nicolson, Andrew Nikiforuk, Margo Pfeiff, Christopher Pollon, John
Ralston Saul, Ed Struzik, David Suzuki, Martha Troian, Charles Wilkins, Terri-Lynn WilliamsDavidson, Chris Windeyer, and Graeme Wynn.

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Gurt Swanenberg - Consuming Instinct

Jap Sam 2017 ISBN 9789490322762 Acqn 27114
Pb 24x31cm 88pp col ills 22.50
2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Hieronymus Bosch. The book Consuming
Instinct: Gurt Swanenberg is published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Under the spell of
Bosch', from 29 October 2016 til 29 January 2017, in the Noordbrabants Museum, as part of the
Hieronymus Bosch 500 National Event Year. Het Noordbrabants Museum will be bringing four
generations of artists together whose work has been strongly influenced by Hieronymus Bosch.
In this exhibition, Bruegel's prints will confront a contemporary series of deadly sins by the artist,
Gurt Swanenberg. Swanenberg paints minute logos, brand names, hazard pictograms and even
money with a fine brush on skulls, skeletons and bottles. The complete series, largely privately
owned and therefore little known, will be brought together for the first time in the exhibition and
also in this publication.

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Pierre Punk - This Road Leads to Nowhere

Jap Sam 2017 ISBN 9789490322670 Acqn 27115
Pb 11x18cm 252pp 103ills 17
This Road Leads to Nowhere: Pierre Punk is the third Center Pivot publication the Last Chance
Press of M12 Studio. Co-publishers: M12 Collective and the Last Chance Press.
Through interdisciplinary approaches, this series explores and connects the changing realities of
rural landscapes and communities around the world.
This Road Leads to Nowhere: Pierre Punk brings together archives and reflections from a music
scene that flourished in small-town South Dakota from the early 90's through 2010. Merging the
tradition of DIY punk publications and regional travel guides, the book sings an unsung hymn of
American underground culture. This Road Leads to Nowhere includes writings and images from
Pierre community members, musicians who travelled through and played in the town, and kindred
spirits from similar scenes further afield.

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