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Based on practical experiments, ''Unlearning with Translation'' posits the act of translation as a pedagogical tool, a political act, and ultimately a gesture of care in these tense cultural times. Written by French curator, writer, editor, and self-taught translatress Virginie Bobin, the essay revisits a series of workshops, exhibitions, and other collective activities(...)
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Based on practical experiments, ''Unlearning with Translation'' posits the act of translation as a pedagogical tool, a political act, and ultimately a gesture of care in these tense cultural times. Written by French curator, writer, editor, and self-taught translatress Virginie Bobin, the essay revisits a series of workshops, exhibitions, and other collective activities(...)
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Unlearning with translation: A critical and collective practice
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Based on practical experiments, ''Unlearning with Translation'' posits the act of translation as a pedagogical tool, a political act, and ultimately a gesture of care in these tense cultural times. Written by French curator, writer, editor, and self-taught translatress Virginie Bobin, the essay revisits a series of workshops, exhibitions, and other collective activities that took translation as both subject and method to unsettle entrenched conceptions of language, identity, and belonging. In particular, the ambiguous notion of "untranslatability" is used as a lens through which to examine the power relations at play in those institutional, economic, and political contexts inhabited by art workers. Alongside collaborations with artists including Mercedes Azpilicueta, Serena Lee, and Mounira Al Solh, Bobin's reflections are grounded in her experience co-founding and facilitating the editorial and curatorial platform Qalqalah, which relies on translation as a tool for the production and publication of situated knowledge in three languages—French, Arabic, and English. Informed by feminist genealogies and methodologies throughout, the book maintains that collective labor and relations are key aspects of any critical practice, as exemplified in the concluding correspondence with Andrea Ancira.
Unlearning with translation: A critical and collective practice
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Based on practical experiments, ''Unlearning with Translation'' posits the act of translation as a pedagogical tool, a political act, and ultimately a gesture of care in these tense cultural times. Written by French curator, writer, editor, and self-taught translatress Virginie Bobin, the essay revisits a series of workshops, exhibitions, and other collective activities that took translation as both subject and method to unsettle entrenched conceptions of language, identity, and belonging. In particular, the ambiguous notion of "untranslatability" is used as a lens through which to examine the power relations at play in those institutional, economic, and political contexts inhabited by art workers. Alongside collaborations with artists including Mercedes Azpilicueta, Serena Lee, and Mounira Al Solh, Bobin's reflections are grounded in her experience co-founding and facilitating the editorial and curatorial platform Qalqalah, which relies on translation as a tool for the production and publication of situated knowledge in three languages—French, Arabic, and English. Informed by feminist genealogies and methodologies throughout, the book maintains that collective labor and relations are key aspects of any critical practice, as exemplified in the concluding correspondence with Andrea Ancira.
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March 2026
March 2026
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Museology
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...E Prini
...E Prini
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This is the first monograph dedicated to one of Italy's most enigmatic and complex artistic figures, Emilio Prini, a key figure of Arte Povera whose work has never been fully surveyed. Structured chronologically from 1966 to 2016, it examines his work via a systematic iconographic and bibliographic analysis of Prini's archives along with the institutions he exhibited at.(...)
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This is the first monograph dedicated to one of Italy's most enigmatic and complex artistic figures, Emilio Prini, a key figure of Arte Povera whose work has never been fully surveyed. Structured chronologically from 1966 to 2016, it examines his work via a systematic iconographic and bibliographic analysis of Prini's archives along with the institutions he exhibited at.(...)
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...E Prini
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This is the first monograph dedicated to one of Italy's most enigmatic and complex artistic figures, Emilio Prini, a key figure of Arte Povera whose work has never been fully surveyed. Structured chronologically from 1966 to 2016, it examines his work via a systematic iconographic and bibliographic analysis of Prini's archives along with the institutions he exhibited at. As he considered the medium secondary to the concept, no distinction is made between installations, sculptures, invitations, posters, or documents; and by presenting the works first individually and then situated in different contexts, the book provides a unique insight into his particular methodology. Prini also consistently rejected the notion of the artwork as a closed and defined object, interrogating the very framework of the exhibition format.
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This is the first monograph dedicated to one of Italy's most enigmatic and complex artistic figures, Emilio Prini, a key figure of Arte Povera whose work has never been fully surveyed. Structured chronologically from 1966 to 2016, it examines his work via a systematic iconographic and bibliographic analysis of Prini's archives along with the institutions he exhibited at. As he considered the medium secondary to the concept, no distinction is made between installations, sculptures, invitations, posters, or documents; and by presenting the works first individually and then situated in different contexts, the book provides a unique insight into his particular methodology. Prini also consistently rejected the notion of the artwork as a closed and defined object, interrogating the very framework of the exhibition format.
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January 2026
January 2026
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Contemporary Art Monographs
Contemporary Art Monographs
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Chaque seconde, 150 tonnes de béton sont coulées dans le monde. Pas de béton sans ciment, dont la production émet près de trois fois plus de CO2 que le transport aérien. Pas de béton sans sable, deuxième ressource naturelle à être pillée, après l'eau. Pas de bétonisation sans artificialisation des sols, fatale pour la biodiversité et qui dévore les terres agricoles. C'est(...)
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Chaque seconde, 150 tonnes de béton sont coulées dans le monde. Pas de béton sans ciment, dont la production émet près de trois fois plus de CO2 que le transport aérien. Pas de béton sans sable, deuxième ressource naturelle à être pillée, après l'eau. Pas de bétonisation sans artificialisation des sols, fatale pour la biodiversité et qui dévore les terres agricoles. C'est(...)
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Désarmer le béton: Re-habiter la terre
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Chaque seconde, 150 tonnes de béton sont coulées dans le monde. Pas de béton sans ciment, dont la production émet près de trois fois plus de CO2 que le transport aérien. Pas de béton sans sable, deuxième ressource naturelle à être pillée, après l'eau. Pas de bétonisation sans artificialisation des sols, fatale pour la biodiversité et qui dévore les terres agricoles. C'est un fait, le béton est une arme de destruction massive du vivant. Malgré ces constats alarmants, pointés depuis une décennie, il continue de couler à flots. La question devient urgente: comment faire tomber le béton ? Alors que fleurissent des mobilisations contre les projets polluants et imposés, cet ouvrage - ponctué de récits de luttes - décortique la filière, expose le rôle actif des bétonneurs français et pointe les liaisons dangereuses tissées entre industriels et pouvoir d'État.
Désarmer le béton: Re-habiter la terre
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Chaque seconde, 150 tonnes de béton sont coulées dans le monde. Pas de béton sans ciment, dont la production émet près de trois fois plus de CO2 que le transport aérien. Pas de béton sans sable, deuxième ressource naturelle à être pillée, après l'eau. Pas de bétonisation sans artificialisation des sols, fatale pour la biodiversité et qui dévore les terres agricoles. C'est un fait, le béton est une arme de destruction massive du vivant. Malgré ces constats alarmants, pointés depuis une décennie, il continue de couler à flots. La question devient urgente: comment faire tomber le béton ? Alors que fleurissent des mobilisations contre les projets polluants et imposés, cet ouvrage - ponctué de récits de luttes - décortique la filière, expose le rôle actif des bétonneurs français et pointe les liaisons dangereuses tissées entre industriels et pouvoir d'État.
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October 2025
October 2025
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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"Maki Opus" is the definitive book showcasing the life and work of the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, known for designing understated yet boundary-pushing buildings in Japan and around the world. At four hundred pages and including one thousand illustrations, this impressive volume on Maki's work was compiled in close collaboration with his studio both before and after(...)
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"Maki Opus" is the definitive book showcasing the life and work of the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, known for designing understated yet boundary-pushing buildings in Japan and around the world. At four hundred pages and including one thousand illustrations, this impressive volume on Maki's work was compiled in close collaboration with his studio both before and after(...)
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Maki Opus
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"Maki Opus" is the definitive book showcasing the life and work of the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, known for designing understated yet boundary-pushing buildings in Japan and around the world. At four hundred pages and including one thousand illustrations, this impressive volume on Maki's work was compiled in close collaboration with his studio both before and after his passing. Maki Opus brings together the architect's own selection of the buildings that have best exemplified his career and seen him pave the way for the next wave of superlative Japanese architects, such as Kengo Kuma and SANAA.
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"Maki Opus" is the definitive book showcasing the life and work of the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, known for designing understated yet boundary-pushing buildings in Japan and around the world. At four hundred pages and including one thousand illustrations, this impressive volume on Maki's work was compiled in close collaboration with his studio both before and after his passing. Maki Opus brings together the architect's own selection of the buildings that have best exemplified his career and seen him pave the way for the next wave of superlative Japanese architects, such as Kengo Kuma and SANAA.
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January 2026
January 2026
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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John Gossage: LAMF
John Gossage: LAMF
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American photographer John Gossage's (born 1946) LAMF, first conceived in 1987 as a hand-assembled work exclusively for his friends, is a consummate example of the photobook as art. For the project, Gossage employed a custom telephoto lens and 6000 ASA film to shoot the area around the Berlin Wall in near-total blackness, capturing the dark atmosphere of a divided city.(...)
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American photographer John Gossage's (born 1946) LAMF, first conceived in 1987 as a hand-assembled work exclusively for his friends, is a consummate example of the photobook as art. For the project, Gossage employed a custom telephoto lens and 6000 ASA film to shoot the area around the Berlin Wall in near-total blackness, capturing the dark atmosphere of a divided city.(...)
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John Gossage: LAMF
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American photographer John Gossage's (born 1946) LAMF, first conceived in 1987 as a hand-assembled work exclusively for his friends, is a consummate example of the photobook as art. For the project, Gossage employed a custom telephoto lens and 6000 ASA film to shoot the area around the Berlin Wall in near-total blackness, capturing the dark atmosphere of a divided city. This new facsimile edition of LAMF, made in close collaboration with the photographer, features an expanded edit of 44 images (twice as many as the original) and a new interview with Gossage about the book's genesis and his long affinity for Berlin, which is also the subject of his acclaimed books Stadt des Schwarz and Berlin in the Time of the Wall.
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American photographer John Gossage's (born 1946) LAMF, first conceived in 1987 as a hand-assembled work exclusively for his friends, is a consummate example of the photobook as art. For the project, Gossage employed a custom telephoto lens and 6000 ASA film to shoot the area around the Berlin Wall in near-total blackness, capturing the dark atmosphere of a divided city. This new facsimile edition of LAMF, made in close collaboration with the photographer, features an expanded edit of 44 images (twice as many as the original) and a new interview with Gossage about the book's genesis and his long affinity for Berlin, which is also the subject of his acclaimed books Stadt des Schwarz and Berlin in the Time of the Wall.
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May 2026
May 2026
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Les catastrophes environnementales sont là, indubitables : face à elles, quelle écologie construire, quelles alliances mobiliser, quelle politique mettre en œuvre? Dans ce livre d'entretiens, Daniel Tanuro, ingénieur agronome et militant écosocialiste, auteur d'ouvrages à succès dans le domaine de l'écologie politique, répond aux questions d'Alexis Cukier et de Marina(...)
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Les catastrophes environnementales sont là, indubitables : face à elles, quelle écologie construire, quelles alliances mobiliser, quelle politique mettre en œuvre? Dans ce livre d'entretiens, Daniel Tanuro, ingénieur agronome et militant écosocialiste, auteur d'ouvrages à succès dans le domaine de l'écologie politique, répond aux questions d'Alexis Cukier et de Marina(...)
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Environment and environmental theory
Environment and environmental theory
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March 2026
March 2026
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Écologie, luttes sociales et révolution
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Les catastrophes environnementales sont là, indubitables : face à elles, quelle écologie construire, quelles alliances mobiliser, quelle politique mettre en œuvre? Dans ce livre d'entretiens, Daniel Tanuro, ingénieur agronome et militant écosocialiste, auteur d'ouvrages à succès dans le domaine de l'écologie politique, répond aux questions d'Alexis Cukier et de Marina Garrisi pour développer un diagnostic limpide, des analyses tranchantes et des propositions radicales en vue d'une révolution écologique et sociale. Cette introduction à l'écologie et au marxisme contemporains, rend accessible et prolonge les réflexions de l'auteur sur l'impossibilité d'un capitalisme vert et sur la stratégie de l'écosocialisme.
Écologie, luttes sociales et révolution
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Les catastrophes environnementales sont là, indubitables : face à elles, quelle écologie construire, quelles alliances mobiliser, quelle politique mettre en œuvre? Dans ce livre d'entretiens, Daniel Tanuro, ingénieur agronome et militant écosocialiste, auteur d'ouvrages à succès dans le domaine de l'écologie politique, répond aux questions d'Alexis Cukier et de Marina Garrisi pour développer un diagnostic limpide, des analyses tranchantes et des propositions radicales en vue d'une révolution écologique et sociale. Cette introduction à l'écologie et au marxisme contemporains, rend accessible et prolonge les réflexions de l'auteur sur l'impossibilité d'un capitalisme vert et sur la stratégie de l'écosocialisme.
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March 2026
March 2026
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Environment and environmental theory
Environment and environmental theory
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La Liberté contre le capitalisme : Le républicanisme du XVIIIe siècle et les révolutions à venir
La Liberté contre le capitalisme : Le républicanisme du XVIIIe siècle et les révolutions à venir
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S’appuyant sur trois figures du siècle des lumières, Smith, Robespierre et Paine, les auteurs remontent aux origines de concepts comme la république, la liberté ou la propriété, qui ont été travestis par la modernité capitaliste afin de les rendre conformes à un objectif d’accaparement des richesses. Cet essai politique entend nourrir les possibles révolutions à venir.
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S’appuyant sur trois figures du siècle des lumières, Smith, Robespierre et Paine, les auteurs remontent aux origines de concepts comme la république, la liberté ou la propriété, qui ont été travestis par la modernité capitaliste afin de les rendre conformes à un objectif d’accaparement des richesses. Cet essai politique entend nourrir les possibles révolutions à venir.
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La Liberté contre le capitalisme : Le républicanisme du XVIIIe siècle et les révolutions à venir
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S’appuyant sur trois figures du siècle des lumières, Smith, Robespierre et Paine, les auteurs remontent aux origines de concepts comme la république, la liberté ou la propriété, qui ont été travestis par la modernité capitaliste afin de les rendre conformes à un objectif d’accaparement des richesses. Cet essai politique entend nourrir les possibles révolutions à venir.
La Liberté contre le capitalisme : Le républicanisme du XVIIIe siècle et les révolutions à venir
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S’appuyant sur trois figures du siècle des lumières, Smith, Robespierre et Paine, les auteurs remontent aux origines de concepts comme la république, la liberté ou la propriété, qui ont été travestis par la modernité capitaliste afin de les rendre conformes à un objectif d’accaparement des richesses. Cet essai politique entend nourrir les possibles révolutions à venir.
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March 2026
March 2026
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Critical Theory
Critical Theory
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"Breathing Space" is a compelling and wide-ranging analysis of pneumatic phenomena in modern culture. Architect and historian Tim Altenhof brilliantly explores the physiology of breathing and its reciprocal relationship to bodies and buildings, both of which share a common atmosphere. Because breathing is controlled by the autonomic nervous system and cannot be willfully(...)
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"Breathing Space" is a compelling and wide-ranging analysis of pneumatic phenomena in modern culture. Architect and historian Tim Altenhof brilliantly explores the physiology of breathing and its reciprocal relationship to bodies and buildings, both of which share a common atmosphere. Because breathing is controlled by the autonomic nervous system and cannot be willfully(...)
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Breathing space: The architecture of pneumatic beings
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"Breathing Space" is a compelling and wide-ranging analysis of pneumatic phenomena in modern culture. Architect and historian Tim Altenhof brilliantly explores the physiology of breathing and its reciprocal relationship to bodies and buildings, both of which share a common atmosphere. Because breathing is controlled by the autonomic nervous system and cannot be willfully overridden, it takes place unconsciously and involuntarily—most of the time. However, beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, attitudes toward breathing changed significantly. Breathing became a widely investigated cultural and physiological phenomenon and was the basis for techniques and bodily practices that heightened pulmonary awareness. New understandings of air pollution and disease stimulated a widespread preoccupation with ventilation, impacting architecture in countless ways. Altenhof’s close readings of built structures show how the science of breathing was incorporated into architecture, whether in the design of factories, residences, or medical facilities. The lungs form a major part of the respiratory system and like no other organ tie the living body directly to its surroundings. Yet the role of lungs also poses a topological problem: engaging in atmospheric transfer, they dissolve the division between inside and outside, and despite being an internal organ, they sustain a permanent and living connection to the external world. This ambiguity and permeability constitute the spatial dimension of breathing.
Breathing space: The architecture of pneumatic beings
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"Breathing Space" is a compelling and wide-ranging analysis of pneumatic phenomena in modern culture. Architect and historian Tim Altenhof brilliantly explores the physiology of breathing and its reciprocal relationship to bodies and buildings, both of which share a common atmosphere. Because breathing is controlled by the autonomic nervous system and cannot be willfully overridden, it takes place unconsciously and involuntarily—most of the time. However, beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, attitudes toward breathing changed significantly. Breathing became a widely investigated cultural and physiological phenomenon and was the basis for techniques and bodily practices that heightened pulmonary awareness. New understandings of air pollution and disease stimulated a widespread preoccupation with ventilation, impacting architecture in countless ways. Altenhof’s close readings of built structures show how the science of breathing was incorporated into architecture, whether in the design of factories, residences, or medical facilities. The lungs form a major part of the respiratory system and like no other organ tie the living body directly to its surroundings. Yet the role of lungs also poses a topological problem: engaging in atmospheric transfer, they dissolve the division between inside and outside, and despite being an internal organ, they sustain a permanent and living connection to the external world. This ambiguity and permeability constitute the spatial dimension of breathing.
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March 2026
March 2026
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Basketry is one of Japan’s oldest art forms. Since the eighth century, meticulously woven bamboo baskets have served daily functions, first in Buddhist liturgy and later in the tea ceremony. Over the past two centuries, bamboo art has risen to the status of fine art, with leading makers creating coveted works for ikebana and, more recently, sculptural objects celebrated(...)
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Basketry is one of Japan’s oldest art forms. Since the eighth century, meticulously woven bamboo baskets have served daily functions, first in Buddhist liturgy and later in the tea ceremony. Over the past two centuries, bamboo art has risen to the status of fine art, with leading makers creating coveted works for ikebana and, more recently, sculptural objects celebrated(...)
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Japanese baskets: Woven art for an endangered planet
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Basketry is one of Japan’s oldest art forms. Since the eighth century, meticulously woven bamboo baskets have served daily functions, first in Buddhist liturgy and later in the tea ceremony. Over the past two centuries, bamboo art has risen to the status of fine art, with leading makers creating coveted works for ikebana and, more recently, sculptural objects celebrated as contemporary art. This elegant, richly illustrated volume presents over 160 baskets, highlighting their spectacular silhouettes and exquisite details—from complex weaving patterns and refined signatures to intricately plaited undersides. Informative captions reveal the techniques of an art now enjoying renewed attention, as bamboo offers a durable and ecological alternative to disposable materials. Most photographs were taken against specially conceived backdrops recalling the enigmatic architectural spaces of Giorgio de Chirico, while others show baskets with contemporary flower arrangements set before industrial waste-processing facilities, underscoring the book’s advocacy for bamboo as a renewable resource that challenges our throwaway plastic culture.
Japanese baskets: Woven art for an endangered planet
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Basketry is one of Japan’s oldest art forms. Since the eighth century, meticulously woven bamboo baskets have served daily functions, first in Buddhist liturgy and later in the tea ceremony. Over the past two centuries, bamboo art has risen to the status of fine art, with leading makers creating coveted works for ikebana and, more recently, sculptural objects celebrated as contemporary art. This elegant, richly illustrated volume presents over 160 baskets, highlighting their spectacular silhouettes and exquisite details—from complex weaving patterns and refined signatures to intricately plaited undersides. Informative captions reveal the techniques of an art now enjoying renewed attention, as bamboo offers a durable and ecological alternative to disposable materials. Most photographs were taken against specially conceived backdrops recalling the enigmatic architectural spaces of Giorgio de Chirico, while others show baskets with contemporary flower arrangements set before industrial waste-processing facilities, underscoring the book’s advocacy for bamboo as a renewable resource that challenges our throwaway plastic culture.
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April 2026
April 2026
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Design, Periods and Styles
Design, Periods and Styles
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Most people associate Britain and Ireland with the English language, a vast, sprawling linguistic tree with roots in Latin, French, and German. But the inhabitants of these islands originally spoke another tongue. Look closely enough and English contains traces of the Celtic soil from which it sprung, found in words like bog, loch, cairn, and crag. Today, this heritage(...)
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Most people associate Britain and Ireland with the English language, a vast, sprawling linguistic tree with roots in Latin, French, and German. But the inhabitants of these islands originally spoke another tongue. Look closely enough and English contains traces of the Celtic soil from which it sprung, found in words like bog, loch, cairn, and crag. Today, this heritage(...)
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Thirty-two words for field: Lost words of the Irish Landscape
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Most people associate Britain and Ireland with the English language, a vast, sprawling linguistic tree with roots in Latin, French, and German. But the inhabitants of these islands originally spoke another tongue. Look closely enough and English contains traces of the Celtic soil from which it sprung, found in words like bog, loch, cairn, and crag. Today, this heritage can be found nowhere more powerfully than in modern-day Gaelic.? In ''Thirty-Two Words for Field'', Manchán explores how Gaelic, a three-thousand-year-old lexicon, has imbued the natural world with meaning and magic, evoking a time-honored way of life, from its thirty-two separate words for a field to terms like bróis (whiskey for a horseman at a wedding), iarmhaireacht (the loneliness you feel when you are the only person awake at dawn), and bladhmann (steam rising from a fermented haystack or idle boasting).? Manchán urges readers to consider the sublime beauty and profound oddness of this ancient tongue that has been spoken in close connection to the land for thousands of years. Told through stories collected from his own life and travels, ''Thirty-Two Words for Field'' is an enthralling celebration of Irish words and a testament to the indelible relationship between landscape, culture, and language.
Thirty-two words for field: Lost words of the Irish Landscape
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Most people associate Britain and Ireland with the English language, a vast, sprawling linguistic tree with roots in Latin, French, and German. But the inhabitants of these islands originally spoke another tongue. Look closely enough and English contains traces of the Celtic soil from which it sprung, found in words like bog, loch, cairn, and crag. Today, this heritage can be found nowhere more powerfully than in modern-day Gaelic.? In ''Thirty-Two Words for Field'', Manchán explores how Gaelic, a three-thousand-year-old lexicon, has imbued the natural world with meaning and magic, evoking a time-honored way of life, from its thirty-two separate words for a field to terms like bróis (whiskey for a horseman at a wedding), iarmhaireacht (the loneliness you feel when you are the only person awake at dawn), and bladhmann (steam rising from a fermented haystack or idle boasting).? Manchán urges readers to consider the sublime beauty and profound oddness of this ancient tongue that has been spoken in close connection to the land for thousands of years. Told through stories collected from his own life and travels, ''Thirty-Two Words for Field'' is an enthralling celebration of Irish words and a testament to the indelible relationship between landscape, culture, and language.
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March 2026
March 2026
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Landscape Theory
Landscape Theory
