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Behind the Kingdom's Veil
“A fascinating account of the significant changes underway in Saudi Arabia based on years of excellent reporting on the ground.” —Bruce Riedel, director of the Brookings Institution Intelligence Project, author of Kings and Presidents: Saudi Arabia and the United States Since FDR Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s most secretive countries. Now, Susanne Koelbl, award-winning journalist for the German news magazine Der Spiegel, unveils many secrets of this mysterious kingdom. For years she traveled the Middle East, and recently lived in Riyadh during the most dramatic changes since the country’s founding. She has cultivated relationships on every level of Saudi society and is equally...
Prelude
Emmanuel Iduma, Eva Hayward, Maja Hoffmann, Martin Guinard, Nora N. Khan, Vassilis Oikonomopoulos
Alexander Calder
An insightful new look at one of the 20th century's most celebrated artistic visionaries Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is one of modernism's most captivating and influential figures. First trained as a mechanical engineer, Calder relocated from New York to Paris in the mid-twenties where his acceptance into the city's burgeoning avant-garde circles coincided with the development of his characteristic form of kinetic sculpture. His early work Cirque Calder, which was presented throughout Paris to great acclaim, prefigures the performance and theatrical aspects that dominate Calder's pioneering artistic works and are situated as a primary subject of intrigue in this publication. Rather than sim...
Fahrelnissa Zeid
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Manifesta 13 Marseille
The Manifesta, which takes place every two years in a different European city, has a reputation for being a place for creativity and innovation, and for good reason. Primarily responsible for this is festival's opening program, which was tested in 2018 in Palermo and is now being continued in Marseille in 2020. Winy Maas's architectural office, MVRDV, and The Why Factory (t?f) were commissioned to explore the city's urban space through the means of artistic research and the latest method of data analysis. This resulted in a compendium of social, cultural, ethical, religious, and geographical structures. It was, however, meant to do more than just describe the status quo. The exploration also...
Dans un monde imprévisible, l'utopie est nécessaire
Entretiens avec Édouard Glissant par Hans Ulrich Obrist En coédition avec LUMA. Hans Ulrich Obrist et Édouard Glissant se rencontrent vers la fin des années 1990 à Paris. Débute alors une relation d’une intensité exceptionnelle, qui leur donna l’occasion de réaliser ensemble une douzaine de conversations publiques, d’entretiens privés. Les projets d’Obrist (expositions, performances ou publications collectives, pratique de l’entretien et de l’archivage, création de territoires et décentralité) sont directement inspirés du concept de Mondialité en tant que processus perpétuel de mise en relation. Édouard Glissant est donc pour lui un mentor fondamental. On retrouve...
Une vie in progress
Hans Ulrich Obrist a enregistré des milliers d’entretiens avec les meilleurs créateurs, artistes, musiciens, écrivains, penseurs, philosophes. Il est un des curateurs d’exposition les plus réputés à l’échelle internationale. Dès son adolescence, il s’est mis à écumer l’Europe, en trains de nuit, pour visiter des ateliers – là où s’approche l’essentiel de l’art et de ses mystères. « J’ai toujours été inspiré par l’idée d’être au milieu des choses mais au centre de rien. » Pourtant, qui connaît Hans Ulrich Obrist ? Curieux et enthousiaste de tout, il est resté très discret sur lui-même. Dans ce livre événement, il accepte enfin de s’exposer. ...
Mona Hatoum
In Mona Hatoum's breathtaking works, conflict arises from the juxtaposition of opposites--beauty and horror, desire and revulsion. Born in Beirut in 1952 to a Palestinian family, Hatoum is concerned with confrontational themes such as violence, oppression, and voyeurism, often in reference to the human body. Published to accompany a major retrospective, Mona Hatoum features the artist's major works, including well-known pieces such as Corps tranger, 1994, an endoscopic journey through the artist's body; Hot Spot, a large, cage-like globe with world contours outlined in neon; and Present Tense, which deals with the idea of shifting territories. Beautifully designed, with 250 color images, this book will prove a must for all of those interested in contemporary art, especially video art and installation.
