Other Than Yourself: An Investigation Between Inner and Outer Space

by Cardiff, Janet

• ISBN13: 9783865604231
• ISBN10: 3865604234
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-30
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

Albert Einstein once said, "A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest-a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." Taking as its point of departure the paradoxical nature of the self, this volume features substantial essays on and supporting images by such provocative international artists as Janet Cardiff, Maurizio Cattelan, Emanuel Danesch and David Rych, Mario Garcia Torres, Amos Gitai, Jenny Holzer, Dennis Hopper, Jonathan Horowitz, Sanja Ivekovic, Amar Kanwar, David Lamelas, Jan Mancuska, Paul McCarthy, Boris Ondreicka, Sergio Prego, Pipilotti Rist, Hans Schabus, Cindy Sherman, Roman Signer, Monika Sosnowska, Salla Tykka and Slaven Tolj.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 4
Landscape/City
David Lamelas	p. 10
A Film in 5 Episodes. Fifth episode: London	p. 13
Hans Schabus	p. 16
Mining the Multiply: Folded Mountain	p. 19
Mario Garcia Torres: Carta Abierta a Dr. Atl	p. 22
Interview	p. 25
Architecture/House
Amos Gitai	p. 28
The House Trilogy	p. 31
Monika Sosnowska	p. 36
Endless Unfolding of (Spatial) Duree	p. 39
The Split Wall: Domestic Voyeurism	p. 42
Paul McCarthy	p. 52
Raw Footage	p. 54
Textual Space
Boris Ondreicka	p. 56
Notes on Boris Ondreicka's Work: I am the Floor	p. 59
Jenny Holzer	p. 62
Tongues Bespoken	p. 65
Janet Cardiff	p. 68
Intimacy. A Thin Layer of Deception Between Us	p. 71
Refuge/Public Space
Emanuel Danesch/David Rych: The Bag	p. 74
Sanja Ivekovic: Triangle	p. 80
Interview	p. 83
A Person as a Archive's Function	p. 84
Studio/Self-Experiment
Sergio Prego	p. 90
Time, Space, Material and Energy in Movement: the Labor of Sergio Prego	p. 93
Roman Signer	p. 96
Roman Signer's Acts of Wonder	p. 99
Dennis Hopper: Life After on Canvas	p. 100
Self-Portrait
Cindy Sherman: Untitled Film Still	p. 102
Maurizio Cattelan	p. 104
Super-Noi (Torino)	p. 107
Out of Place Revisited	p. 108
Jonathan Horowitz: Daily Mirror	p. 112
Salla Tykka	p. 114
Pain, Pleasure, Guilt	p. 117
The Body's Space
Amar Kanwar	p. 120
The Lightning Testimonies	p. 122
Pipilotti Rist	p. 126
Related Legs (Yokohama Dandelions)	p. 129
Interview	p. 131
Jan Mancuska	p. 132
The Other	p. 134
Slaven Tolj: Untitled	p. 136
Imprint	p. 144
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