Main entry:

Dion, Mark, 1961- author, artist, interviewee.

Title & Author:

The incomplete writings of Mark Dion : selected interviews, fragments, and miscellany / edited by Roel Arkesteijn.

Publication:

[Netherlands] : Fieldwork Museum, [2017]
Bruges : Die Keure

Description:

544 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
"On the occasion of the publication of this book, Fieldwork Museum published the limited edition The miscellany portfolio (2016), comprising a portfolio with artist's label, a lithographed inventory list by the artist, and eight three-color lithographs by Mark Dion"--Colophon
"The exhibition Mark Dion. The Macabre Treasury at Museum Het Domein in Sittard, The Netherlands took place January 20 - May 5, 2013 and was curated by Roel Arkesteijn"--Colophon
Includes content related to the exhibition 'Mark Dion. The Macabre Treasury' presented at Museum Het Domein in Sittard, The Netherlands, January 20-May 5, 2013.
"On the occasion of the publication of this book, Fieldwork Museum published the limited edition 'The miscellany portfolio' (2016), comprising a portfolio with artist's label, a lithographed inventory list by the artist, and eight three-color lithographs by Mark Dion"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 530-532) and index.
CalArts application, 2001 -- Introduction and acknowledgments -- The miscellany interview. Mark Dion in conversaion with Roel Arkesteijin, 2013-2017 -- The Macabre Treasury: Exhibition views Mark Dion: The Macabre Treasury, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, 2013 -- Selected interviews, fragments, and miscellany: Artful history-A restoration comedy. Early slide script, circa 1988; Tales from the dark side, 1985; I'd like to give the world a coke. Early slide script, circa 1988; Toys "R" U.S. Early slide script, circa 1988; Relevant foreign policy spectrum (from farthest right to center right 1980-1988). Early slide script, circa 1988; Vocabulary lesson for an election year. Early slide script, circa 1988; This is a job for FEMA, or: superman at 50. Ealry slide script, circa 1988; Polar bears and toucans, 1989; Deep time/Disney time, 1990; The evolution and fixity of a rodent species, 1990; M. Cuvier "discovers" extinction, 1990; Taxonomy of non-endangered species, 1990; Project for the Belize zoo, 1990; Project proposal for th World Rainforest Movement's petition, circa 1990 (with William Schefferine); What are some of the issues at stake when tropical rainforests are destroyed?, circa 1990 (with William Schefferine); Four common misconceptions about tropical rainforests, 1990 (with William Schefferine); Mark Dion in conversation with Joshua Decter, 1990; Renovating nature. Michel van Praet interviewed by Mark Dion, 1990; Concrete jungle. Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman in conversation, 1991; Daily planet, from: Frankenstein in the Age of Biotechnology, 1991; On tropical nature. Mark Dion in conversation with Miwon Kwon, 1991; Confessions of an amateur naturalist. A discussion with Miwon Kwon, James Marcovitz and Helen Molesworth, 1992; The zoo library, 1992; The birds of Antwerp, 1993; Proposal for Sonsbeek 93 exhibition, 1993; Alfred Russel Wallace, 1994; The delirium of Alfred Russel Wallace, 1994; Flotsam and Jetsam. Letter to Lex ter Braak, 1994; A little bird told me, 1995; History trash dig, 1995; Scholarie Creek Field Station, 1995; The Oyster Club, 1995; The tasting garden, 1996; The tree gardener's house, 1996; History trash scan (Civitella Ranieri), 1996; Some noted toward Grotto of the Sleeping Bear, 1997; Raiding Neptune's vault: A voyage to the bottom of the canals and lagoon of Venice, 1997; For Jean-Luc Mylayne, 1997; Grasshopper monologue, 1997; The ornithologist's warchtower, Tyrebagger, 1998; Alexander Wilson--Studio, 1999; Weird science. A conflation of art and science. Michelle Grabner in conversation with Mark Dion, 1999; Weed world. A proposal for the Storey Art Gallery, Lancaster, 1999; Tate Thames dig, 1999; The museum as muse, 1999; Field work and the Natural History Museum. Mark Dion in conversation with Alex Coles, 1999; Blind/hide--The Mobile Birding Unit, 2000; The Museum of Poison, 2000; Book review: Science is Fiction. The films of Jean Painlevé, circa 2000; Roundup: An entomological endeavor for the Smart Museum of Art, 2000; Some note towards a manifesto for artists working with or about the living world, 2000; The Staten Island Bottle Collectors Club, 2001; The cabinet of curiosities for the Wexner Center for the Arts. Mark Dion in conversation with Bill Horrigan, 2003; Der Elster Flohmarkt, 2003; The Brazilian expedition of Thomas Ender--Reconsidered, 2003; Past presence. Mark Dion in conversation with Denise Markonish, 2004; Neotropic 1989-2005. An account of Bob Braine's and Mark Dion's travels in the American tropics, 2005 (with Bob Braine); Dundee Bear Broch, 2005; Manchester's surrealists, Scottish beers and American politics. Mark Dion in conversation with Kit Hammonds, 2005; Komodo National Park proposal, 2005; Monument to the birds of Guam, 2005; Thomas Bewick Memorial, 2007; Colin de Land, 2007; Departure address. Travels of William Bartram reconsidered, 2007; Collector's collective (collectors collected). A proposal for The Australian Museum, circa 2007-2008; Gulls and humans. Mobile Gull Appreciation Unit, 2008; Restoring authority. A project for the provincial prison in Murcia, 2008; Art and the environment. Mark Dion in conversation with Véronique Souben, 2009; On Robert Smithson. Mark Dion in conversation with Ben Luke, 2009; The Musée Départemental Arles Antique's Archeological Department of Subaquatic and Submarine Archeological Research. Mark Dion in conversation with Natacha Pugnet, 2009; The Buffalo Bayou Invasive Plant Eradication Unit, circa 2009; Gesellschaft der Amateur-Ornithologen-Clubhaus, circa 2009; 10 reasons why I produced work concerning genetically modified organisms, circa 2010; Theatrum Mundi: Armarium. Mark Dion in conversation with Susan Thompson, 2010; ; Mildred's lane. A new age of curiosity, circa 2010 (with J. Morgan Puett); ; The culture of nature. Mark Dion in conversation with Julie Courtney, 2011; Oceanophilia/oceanocide, 2011; Some notes towards a manifesto for artists working with or about the living world. Mark Dion in conversation with Giovanni Aloi, 2011; The schildback xylotheque at dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel. Mark Dion interviewed by Felipe Arturo, 2011-2012; L'ours du Fort de Seyne les Alpes, 2011; Public record. An email correspondence between Mark Dion and Bethany Soringer, 2011; Cabinets of curiocity. An email correspondence between Mark Dion and Andrés Jurado, 2012; Phantoms of the Clark Expedition, 2012; We have a toaster, but no bear. Mark Dion in conversation with Svein Rønning, 2012; Jackie McAllister, 2012 (with Gareth James); Culture in action. The Chicago Urban Ecology Action Group 1992-1993. Mark Dion in correspondence with Stephanie Smith, 2013; The octagon room. An email correspondence between Mark Dion and Denise Markonish, 2013; Gyre. A conversation between Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman, 2013; Some notes toward a manifesto for artists working with and about taxidermy animals, 2015 (with Robert Rich Marbury); Field station, 2015; Herbaruum Perrine. Mark Dion interviewed by Giovanni Aloi, 2015; A bucket list for artists working in the age of ecological collapse. The top ten things not to miss before they are gone!, 2015 (with David Brooks) -- Biography, exhibitions, bibliography: Biography; Selected solo exhibitions; Selected group exhibitions; Selected solo publications; Selected field guides, leporello's, booklets & cards; Exhibition checklist; Mark Dion: The Macabre Treasury; Index; Photo credits; Interview credits.

ISBN:

9789082783100
908278310X

Subject:

Dion, Mark, 1961-
Dion, Mark, 1961- Interviews.
Dion, Mark, 1961- Exhibitions
Artists' writings.
Écrits d'artistes.
Nature in art

Form/genre:

Interview
Interviews.
interviews.

Added entries:

Arkesteijn, Roel, editor.
Arkesteijn, Roel editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 299663
Call No.: BIB 245814
Status: Available