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New Titles in Art, Essays, Literature & Contemporary Culture 6 October 2025
Atelier van Lieshout - Bad Ideas for Good Living

Isbn 9789083286051
Publisher Maas Lawrence
Idea code 250773
€ 57.40

This is a conceptual journey through Joep van Lieshout’s radical thought experiments. The art and design produced by the artist’s studio go beyond aesthetic objects, becoming functional tools for an alternative way of life. The book is like an architectural blueprint for an imaginary house. Readers can wander from one room to another, where each space has specific, logical, aesthetical, surprising, and also sometimes unsettling elements. In this way the works are a test – an invitation to look past the initial shock the viewer might experience. This imaginary house does not tell us how to live, but teaches that we must consciously think about the way we organise our lives.

408 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 32 cm, hb, English

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Afra Eisma - Splashdown Tender

Isbn 9789083222431
Publisher Page Not Found
Idea code 250756
€ 36.05

Like a stomach, this book holds butterflies, knots, and other gut feelings. Dutch artist Afra Eisma’s first monograph, ‘Splashdown Tender’ builds on her immersive practice, offering a vessel filled with doodles, emotions, soft conversations, and friendships. Eisma is known for creating immersive, interactive installations with large-scale tapestries and colourful ceramics. Bright hues and playful approaches are a recurring theme, which the artist employs in her engagement with darker emotions and experiences, in turn creating space for anger, ambiguity, reflection, and more. The book presents an extensive overview of Eisma’s body of work over a five-year period.

400 p, ills colour & bw, 19 x 26 cm, pb, English

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Mark Manders - Studio Snapshots

Isbn 9789464460902
Publisher Roma Publications
Idea code 250770
€ 34.00

‘Studio Snapshots’ comprises a series of black-and-white photographs taken in the studio of Dutch artist Mark Manders, where finished and unfinished works reflect various stages of the creative process. Notably, the selection of images gives a sense of the artist’s approach and method, with various tools, objects, implements, and materials appearing in the photographed spaces alongside his creations in progress.

140 p, ills bw, 21 x 29 cm, hb, English

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Exhibiting for Multiple Senses

Isbn 9789493246485
Publisher Valiz
Idea code 250681
€ 24.30

Drawing from neuroscience research on diverse sensory experiences among neurodiverse museum visitors, this study explores how contemporary art exhibitions can extend beyond visual primacy to engage all the senses. Exhibitions can incorporate more touch, smell, taste, and movement, challenging traditional display methods while advocating for dynamic and accessible ways of experiencing art. It explores creating more inclusive museum experiences for people with physical, neurological, or mental support needs – an often-overlooked group within the growing debate on diversity and inclusion in the arts.

256 p, ills bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English

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Platform Brutality: Closing Down Internet Toxicity

Isbn 9789493246584
Publisher Valiz
Idea code 250772
€ 25.75

The internet has become an integral part of all human activities. Yet its toxic aspects have permeated our personal, social, and political lives, with people using it to attack others, normalise violence, spread fake news, and produce propaganda. Social media no longer distracts – it wounds. Technological violence is essentially remote, invisible, and indirect. ‘Platform Brutality’ offers critical analyses and proposes alternatives. Dutch media theorist Geert Lovink addresses topics ranging from radical data critique, smart phone mythologies, and social media loneliness to offline romanticism, dreaming in the computer age, and how to design a new balance between analogue and digital.

240 p, ills bw, 15 x 24 cm, pb, English


Bas Jan Ader: In Search Of The Miraculous Discovery File 143/76

Isbn 9781927354100
Publisher New Documents
Idea code 250706
€ 50.10

'Discovery File 143/76' documents the mysterious fate of the 13ft micro yacht at the center of artist Bas Jan Ader’s ill-fated attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean. For the book, artists Marion van Wijk and Koos Dalstra compile years of research into the still unsolved mystery of Bas Jan Ader’s disappearance. The Spanish police report documenting the boat’s theft is reproduced in facsimile alongside a translation into English. The volume also compiles additional documentation produced during the editors’ investigations including transcriptions of interviews with Ader’s widow Mary Sue Anderson, curator Charles Esche, and family members of the owner of the Eduardo Pondal.

160 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, English

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Carla Accardi – Superior and Inferior

Isbn 9791298505117
Publisher Crackers
Idea code 250742
€ 32.25

First published in 1972 by Carla Accardi, 'Superiore e Inferiore' records discussions among middle school girls aged 10 to 13 about society’s discriminatory behaviour toward women. The students also reflected on the Manifesto of the revolutionary feminist group Rivolta Femminile - collectively written by Accardi, art critic and activist Carla Lonzi, and Elvira Banotti - which had first appeared on the walls of Rome in July 1970. Because she raised sex-related issues with her pupils, Accardi was dismissed and permanently barred from teaching (her letter of dismissal from the Italian Ministry of Education is included in the book’s introduction). Echoing Pasolini’s Comizi d’Amore (Love Meetings), Accardi’s own voice remains secondary, allowing space for the girls’ thoughts, narratives, opinions, and debates on the role of women and girls, family conflicts, and intimate relations.

304 p, no ills, 16 x 22 cm, pb, Italian/English

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Acid Magazine 7: Waves of Consequences


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Publisher Acid Magazine
Idea code 250687
€ 30.00

From castles made of sand to LSD, from French realist painter Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) to nude beaches, from flint to quantum physics, and from rising seas to the oceanic feeling, this seventh issue of ‘Acid Magazine’ follows the perfect wave as the outlines blur, the noise grows louder, and it finally fractures. The magazine engages with surfing as a field of reflection, or an excuse for digression, exploring oceanic cultures, their complexity and tensions, and their often blurred connections to the activity and philosophy of surfing. With contributions by Lea Colombo, Wes Waddell, Surf Ghana Collective, Thomas Mailaender, Myriam Santos, Paul Grund, and others.

304 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, French/English

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Poetry Fruit Machine

Isbn 9781914236600
Publisher Rough Trade Books
Idea code 250575
€ 25.05

'Poetry Fruit Machine' is a creative writing deck developed by poets Ella Frears and Jessica Todd, designed to inspire new poetic ideas through play and experimentation. The card deck combines generative writing prompts with classic fruit machine symbols to encourage experimentation, play, and poetic development. The set includes 54 cards featuring formal constraints, chance-based instructions, and unusual creative limitations, illustrated by artist Hattie Stewart. A companion 36-page booklet offers a glossary of poetry terms, bonus games, and guidance on using the cards. Whether you're facing writer’s block or seeking a fresh approach to language, 'Poetry Fruit Machine' offers an engaging, game-inspired way to spark new ideas and explore poetic possibilities.

54 , ills colour & bw, 7 x 10 cm, box, English

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A Shift of Identity. Visuals of Migrant Women.

Isbn 9789493329553
Publisher Jap Sam Books
Idea code 250774
€ 34.05

‘A Shift of Identity’ is a richly layered exploration of identity, migration, and memory through contemporary art, blending visual culture, feminist critique, diasporic history, and postcolonial theory, all presented through the deeply personal and artistic lens of Sarojini Lewis. In the book she examines the work of contemporary Bhojpuri (North Indian) diaspora artists in Mauritius, Suriname, and Guyana, who navigate complex questions of identity and heritage through their art. Lewis draws connections between archival photographs of earlier generations of Bhojpuri migrants, the oral histories of her Afro-Surinamese relatives, and the work of renowned Indian artists.

532 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English

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Mahmoud M Al-Shaer – I Am Still Alive: Dispatches from Gaza

Isbn 9783947858798
Publisher K. Verlag
Idea code 250551
€ 19.90

In 'I Am Still Alive: Dispatches from Gaza', Palestinian poet and cultural worker Mahmoud M Al-Shaer documents life during the ongoing war in Gaza with breathtaking clarity and devastating intimacy. Composed as a series of dispatches written since January 11, 2024, the author uses his voice to record his struggle to hold onto words in resistance to erasure and whilst bearing witness to unbearable violence. These texts offer not just a relentless chronicle of destruction, but a vital affirmation of presence, relation, and survival amidst the unspeakable catastrophes unfolding in Gaza.

164 p, no ills, 10 x 18 cm, pb, English


Walking as Embodied Worldmaking – Bodies, Borders, Knowledgescapes

Isbn 9789083499338
Publisher Set Margins'
Idea code 250771
€ 25.40

Walking is as much a cultural practice as it is an embodied experience. The contributions in this book highlight the interrelations between bodies, knowledges, places, affects, and other materialities through phenomenological, artistic, and methodological lenses. Walking is explored as a relational practice situated in specific landscapes – it connects different cultural practices, holds material-semiotic performativity, and always involves an interweaving of (geo)political territories and borders. This book brings together written and visual contributions from social scientists and artists, offering a vibrant and multifaceted perspective on the phenomenon of walking.

232 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English

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Maria Saleh Mahameed - Peace of Mind

Isbn 9789655392623
Publisher Sternthal Books
Idea code 250766
€ 40.00

'Peace Of Mind’ is a new book by Maria Saleh Mahameed (b. 1990, Umm el Fahem) which presents a body of work created during the months of war. The daughter of a Ukrainian mother and an Palestinian father, Saleh Mahameed often explores her complex identity, reflecting a charged, tangled political and social reality. Her monumentalcharcoal-on-canvas painting installations are rich in drama and veiled in mystery. They are underpinned by an intuitive, physical approach, incorporating movement, kneeling, and wallowing in the painterly surface. As part of her artistic ritual, she lays the canvas on the floor and works within it with bare hands and feet, leaving imprints where they touch the surface, while her eyes observe the unfolding occurrence from above. The painting’s timeless space echoes the present through images that attest to an aggression-laden, violent reality, such as surveillance cameras, medical devices, bulldozers, and weapons. The exhibition’s title, Peace of Mind (Rahat al-Rūh in Arabic), expresses the spiritual aspiration for inner peace and reconciliation set against the existential struggle.

152 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 25 cm, hb, Arabic/English/Hebrew

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Bastien Aubry - Out of Shape

Isbn 9783906213408
Publisher Rollo Press
Idea code 250762
€ 25.00

At the core of Bastien Aubry’s practice is the construction of compelling environments that combine craft and design to create art. At once humorous and precarious, Aubry’s work is motivated by the poetry of failure and the beauty found in the less-than-perfect, and much of his sculptural practice features misshapen objects, alienated in a playful and ironic way. ‘Out of Shape’ takes this concept further in the two-dimensional space of drawing. Mixing design, art history, pop culture, and comics, Aubry fills the pages with caricatures, speech balloons, captions, misshapen forms, and squiggly lines – a humorous and thought-provoking deep dive into the artist’s own mind.

104 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, English

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Ghosts

Isbn 9783039690503
Publisher Christoph Merian
Idea code 250755
€ 21.50

Whether as frightening specters or Halloween costumes – ghosts are everywhere. Whether seen as independent entities or as manifestations of a tormented psyche, they remind us of hidden, unsettling, and repressed forces. No surprise that ghosts have long haunted the arts as well. This publication traces the many ways ghosts have left their mark on visual culture. It explores the history of ghost imagery and investigation in Europe and the U.S. since the 19th century. Since then, artists in all media have explored the ghostly realm between life and death, horror, and humor, the visible and invisible – often as metaphors for violence and repression.

140 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, German/English

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Cruising Diaries

Isbn 9789083499352
Publisher Set Margins'
Idea code 250751
€ 23.05

'Cruising Diaries' is both a celebration and a provocation: a portrait of queer pleasure at its most raw, secret, and uncontainable. This photobook/diary explores the elusive visual language of cruising – a queer practice of anonymous desire played out in public spaces, where bodies negotiate consent through gaze, gesture, and instinct. Franco Dupuy captures what is almost impossible to show: fleeting encounters, unspoken codes, and moments that vanish as quickly as they appear. Set in places that shift after dark – parks, train stations, beaches – the book documents a world that resists the camera, yet insists on being seen.

256 p, ills colour & bw, 10 x 20 cm, pb, English

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Kerry James Marshall – Rythm Mastr. This Is How It Begins.

Isbn 9789493039513
Publisher Ludion
Idea code 250795
€ 55.00

Als reactie op het gebrek aan zwarte helden en makers in de stripwereld, begon de Amerikaanse kunstenaar Kerry James Marshall in 1999 aan zijn eigen stripreeks: Rythm Mastr. Wat begon als een acht weken durende krantenstrip in de Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, groeide al snel uit tot een iconisch multimediaal kunstwerk dat hedendaagse zwarte cultuur, stedelijke problematiek en mythische figuren samenbrengt. Rythm Mastr is geen traditionele superheldenstrip. In plaats van futuristische werelden, richt Marshall zijn blik op de echte wereld – waar ganggeweld, gentrificatie en sociaal onrecht worden getransformeerd tot epische vertellingen. In het hart van het verhaal staan Rythm Mastr zelf en zijn jonge leerling Farell, die samen een stad proberen te redden met krachten die wortelen in Afrikaanse beeldtaal en spiritualiteit.

224 p, ills colour & bw, 30 x 24 cm, hb, English

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John Baldessari - Transatlantique

Isbn 9782493808080
Publisher ER Publishing
Idea code
€ 21.50

John Baldessari is one of the leading figures of  West Coast conceptual art. Baldessari explores the language and culture of mass media in his paintings and photographic compositions, questioning the relationship between images and texts. An inspiring teacher throughout his career for several generations of artists, his influence is still felt today in both North America and Europe. Marie de Brugerolle brings together ten artists who illustrate the impact of his work on both sides of the Atlantic.

168 p, no ills, 10 x 19 cm, pb, French/English


Jakob Kolding - Writings

Isbn 9788785336040
Publisher At Last Books
Idea code 250702
€ 30.65

This book brings together a series of essays and image sequences developed alongside Jakob Kolding’s long-standing visual art practice. Drawing on texts originally published in Starship magazine, it explores themes of representation, power, identity, and ownership in relation to language and imagery. The essays, composed as a form of collage, emerge through engagements with other texts - particularly fiction. The image sequences do not illustrate the essays but instead serve as parallel narrative strands. Situated at the intersection of art, literature, and politics, the book reflects Kolding’s ongoing interest in how meaning is produced and contested across different media. Both a collection of essays and a self-contained artwork, the book furthers his exploration of form, construction, and resistance.

320 p, ills bw, 11 x 18 cm, pb, English

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Karin van Dam – Terrestrial Belts

Isbn 9789493329409
Publisher Jap Sam Books
Idea code 250715
€ 38.85

An impressive monograph on the work of Dutch visual artist Karin van Dam, ‘Terrestrial Belts’ presents an oeuvre that has been described as a travelogue that winds its way through the cosmos to cities and landscapes. From the traces that appear close at hand to the edges of coastlines, constructions and forms unfold, reflected on both a macro and micro level through installations, sculptures, and drawings. Van Dam utilises found items such as pipes, tubes, rubber, and all sorts of familiar objects, to which she adds knitted work developed at the TextielLab in Tilburg and in her own studio. The overview of work is complemented by an essay by art critic and curator Lucette ter Borg.

208 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 27 cm, pb, Dutch/English

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Gun Gordillo – Complete works

Isbn 9789189270756
Publisher Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing
Idea code 250730
€ 69.90

Gun Gordillo (b. 1945) is an accomplished artist with an enduring vision that spans over five decades. Her radiant neon installations effortlessly blend minimalism, abstract modernism, constructivism, kinetic art, and even pop art, while always retaining a distinct individuality.Despite her artistic achievements, Gordillo’s work has never been comprehensibly reviewed. This publication aims to rectify this oversight by providing an exhaustive exploration of her artistic practice, hopefully securing her rightful place in the annals of art history. It delves into Gordillo’s life and work, placing her art within the tapestry of culture and architecture that gave it life.

240 p, ills colour, 24 x 29 cm, hb, English

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Mimesis: The Non-Standard Poetry Book

Isbn 9789083361642
Publisher Limestone Books
Idea code 250722
€ 20.50

(Not) Jammed is an interactive installation consisting of a dot-matrix printer, Scott, that records speech and prints it on the spot. Mimesis originates from a poetry night held on 30 June 2023 at Limestone Books, hosted by artist and poet LDH. On this evening, seven poets read their works, while Scott—operated by the DuctTape Collective—acted as the eighth poet, interpreting what was being recited. The book also includes a foreword by Florian Cramer, an essay by theo ploeg, and the DuctTape Collective’s Navigating Authorship Flux in the Making of Mimesis, which explores the notion of authorship in the realm of hybrid human–machine creation.

160 p, ills bw, 12 x 20 cm, pb, English

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Institution-Making on Moving Ground: A Case Study of 900mdpl (2017–2022)

Isbn 9789083361673
Publisher Limestone Books
Idea code 250723
€ 18.50

This publication offers a self-reflective enquiry into the evolving practices of 900mdpl, a small yet multifaceted institution encompassing an international residency, a biennial exhibition, a traveling transient museum, a series of public programs, and multiple publications. Rooted in Kaliurang, Indonesia, the study examines how the situated cultural values of this volcanic village inform its decolonial approaches to institution-making. Central to this research is laku—a generative, embodied Javanese mode of learning—proposed as an alternative methodology. By grounding its analysis in laku, the essay develops a new vocabulary for understanding the intricate entanglements between local cultural values, contemporary art, and curatorial practice.

104 p, ills colour & bw, 11 x 18 cm, pb, English

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I, too, do not know what I am doing: Notes on Bibliomaniac Fantasy

Isbn 9789083361659
Publisher Limestone Books
Idea code 250724
€ 11.75

The first part of this publication compiles notes from the three-day event Bibliomaniac Fantasy, recorded by Limestone Books colleagues Maximilian Yust and Elinice Adeyemi, together with interviews conducted with participants after the event. The second part introduces Firebrat Library and features interviews conducted by Adeyemi with various members of the Limestone Books community library.

128 p, ills colour & bw, 11 x 18 cm, pb, English

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A Toolkit for Gathering

Isbn 9781733474450
Publisher Draw Down Books
Idea code 250738
€ 28.95

Every profession gathers: conferences, retreats, residencies, critiques. Yet these familiar formats – more habitual than intentional – often limit what’s possible. 'A Toolkit for Gathering' offers practical and poetic tools to rethink how we come together, making meetings more meaningful, productive, and joyful. Conceived during a two-day residency at 'This Will Take Time' in 2019 and developed during COVID’s disruptions, the book shares replicable tactics, provocations, and insights from real experiences. This new edition features updated reflections, pathways for dialogue, further reading, and a foreword by Draw Down Books – inviting readers to create gatherings that feel vibrant and positive.

144 p, ills bw, 14 x 21 cm, pb, English

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Off-Register: Publishing Experiments by Women Artists in Latin America, 1960-1990

Isbn 9781951163150
Publisher Center for Book Arts
Idea code 250708
€ 25.75

The publication explores the creative practices of Latin American women artists who, between 1960 and 1990, channelled their artistic energy into printed and serialized media. This period traces the rise and evolution of the conceptual art movement, which emerged around 1960 and, depending on the region, extended into the late 1980s. During these decades, artists’ books and other forms of printed matter became part of a growing repertoire of new artistic formats - alongside installation, video, and performance - that expanded the boundaries of traditional art forms and opened new possibilities for artistic expression. The book was released in October 2023 to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the Center for Book Arts in New York.

190 p, ills bw, 17 x 26 cm, pb, English/Spanish

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Josef Albers - Transatlantique

Isbn 9782493808097
Publisher ER Publishing
Idea code
€ 21.50

Josef Albers is one of the 20th century's most influential abstract painters and teachers. After teaching for a time at the Bauhaus in his native Germany, he emigrated to the United States in 1933. There he taught at Black Mountain College before heading to the design department at Yale University. In this volume, Pierre Mabille invites nine artists from both sides of the Atlantic to share their impressions of this major artistic figure, at once teacher, designer, photographer, writer, painter, and color theorist.

160 p, no ills, 10 x 19 cm, pb, French/English


How to Talk to Carnivores

Isbn 9783903616035
Publisher Fraglich Publishing
Idea code 250700
€ 17.55

'How to Talk to Carnivores' is a deck of smart and witty Q&A cards made for vegans who constantly face the same questions. From “Where do you get your protein?” to “But plants feel pain.” Clever replies and grounded facts, served with a smile and fresh bite.

52 , ills colour & bw, 6 x 9 cm, box, English

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Words and Things - celebrating fifty years of writing on art

Isbn 9781908612755
Publisher Fruitmarket Gallery
Idea code 250560
€ 24.10

Words and Things is a celebration of writing on art published by Fruitmarket over the gallery'sfifty-year history. Art historical scholarship by the world's leading thinkers on art is broughttogether with artists' writings and in-conversations, punctuated by poems and short stories. This volume creates space for its reader to reflect upon what it means to write about and alongside art, and how words and things can create a rich pendulum of thought, with text elucidating object and vice versa. The selected texts represent the diversity of Fruitmarket's programme of Scottish and international contemporary artists.

256 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 22 cm, pb, English


Adel Abdessemed – One Big Bang

Isbn 9798990911369
Publisher Zolo Press
Idea code 250743
€ 37.65

‘One Big Bang’ features more than 70 charcoal and pastel drawings from two recent series by Algerian-born artist Adel Abdessemed. Everyday objects, animals, and flowers are subtly charged with tension as the artist explores the intersections of beauty, fragility, and unrest. Abdessemed’s works, which range from sculptural installations and drawings to videos and performances, have a typical simplicity that echoes precise facts and familiar situations, but go beyond narrative commentary and militant criticism. With texts by Hélène Cixous and David Elliott, the book offers a thoughtful introduction to an artist’s visual language shaped by memory, myth, and political urgency.

176 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, hb, English

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Afrosonica – Soundscapes

Isbn 9782956967774
Publisher Flee
Idea code 250395
€ 31.20

Afrosonica is a book born from a collective research initiative and exhibition, developed in collaboration with the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva. It offers a rich reflection on African and Afro-diasporic sound, bringing together artists, scholars, and musicians to challenge Western-centric narratives in museology and ethnomusicology. Through essays, conversations, photographs, and artworks, the book explores inclusive, reimagined ways of connecting heritage, technology, and futurism. It invites readers to investigate the global traces of Afro-diasporic musical phenomena, encouraging a critical rethinking of how we interpret these influences through decentralised and power-aware perspectives. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva (MEG), Afrosonica will be on view from 16 May 2025 to 4 January 2026.

164 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 25 cm, hb, French/English

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Mieren in het Raaigras: Zodat iedereen kan schrijven

Isbn 9789491444883
Publisher Artez Press
Idea code 250737
€ 19.40

Schrijven is veel meer dan het volgen van regels. Het is een manier om jezelf en de wereld te begrijpen en te bevragen en dat met andere mensen te delen. In 'Mieren in het raaigras' onderzoeken Sare Bakkers en Lot Hulshof hoe je de rijkdom van taal kunt inzetten bij het schrijven, zonder de druk om ‘perfecte’ teksten af te moeten leveren of vaste formules te moeten gebruiken. Met een boek vol verbeelding laten Bakkers en Hulshof je op een andere manier naar taal kijken. Aan de hand van filosofie, literaire voorbeelden en concrete oefeningen helpt Mieren in het Raaigras je om je eigen schrijfstem te vinden, de juiste woorden te zoeken en je gedachten vrij uit te drukken.

144 p, ills colour, 15 x 22 cm, pb, Dutch

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