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        Hell in a Handbag

        Hell in a Handbag

        Hell in a Handbag

        by Jibz Cameron

        ISBN: 9781635902785

        Publisher: DOPAMINE / Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: April 28, 2026

        The debut memoir from the unhinged queer genius known as Dynasty Handbag.
        Compression

        Compression

        Compression

        by Tim Griffin

        ISBN: 9781915609793

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: February 3, 2026

        Artmaking since the turn of the millennium, using compression algorithms as a descriptive tool.
        Magda Stawarska

        Magda Stawarska

        Magda Stawarska

        by Omar Kholeif

        Afterword by Lubaina Himid

        ISBN: 9781915609298

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: August 20, 2024

        A critical biography of artist Magda Stawarska via a series of journeys—from the streets of Istanbul to the canals of Venice and across the waters of Zanzibar.
        Alien Agency

        Alien Agency

        Alien Agency

        Experimental Encounters with Art in the Making

        by Chris Salter

        Afterword by Andrew Pickering

        ISBN: 9780262549615

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 31, 2023

        An investigation into what happens in creative practice when the materials of art and research behave and perform in ways beyond the creators' intentions.
        The Neon Hieroglyph

        The Neon Hieroglyph

        The Neon Hieroglyph

        by Tai Shani

        Introduction by Amy Hale

        Afterword by Caspar Heinemann

        ISBN: 9781913689490

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: March 7, 2023

        A series of painterly and poetic considerations on a feminized history of the rye fungus Ergot, the chemical basis of LSD, from the author of Our Fatal Magic.
        Performing Mixed Reality

        Performing Mixed Reality

        Performing Mixed Reality

        by Steve Benford and Gabriella Giannachi

        ISBN: 9780262546508

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 1, 2022

        A computer scientist and a performance and new media theorist define and document the emerging field of mixed reality performance.
        From the Pot to the Earth at Rochester Square

        From the Pot to the Earth at Rochester Square

        From the Pot to the Earth at Rochester Square

        Clay, Garden, and Food: A Composition of Artworks, Dinners, Words, and People

        by Francesca Anfossi

        Foreword by Emily King

        ISBN: 9783956796241

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: October 4, 2022

        How urban spaces are finding new life through communities of gardeners, cooks, ceramicists, and creatives.
        Art Demonstration

        Art Demonstration

        Art Demonstration

        Group Material and the 1980s

        by Claire Grace

        ISBN: 9780262543521

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 24, 2022

        A study of Group Material, the influential but underexamined New York–based artist collective, investigating a series of key works.
        Parallel Public

        Parallel Public

        Parallel Public

        Experimental Art in Late East Germany

        by Sara Blaylock

        ISBN: 9780262046633

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 1, 2022

        How East German artists made their country's experimental art scene a form of (counter) public life.
        Glacier Elegies

        Glacier Elegies

        Glacier Elegies

        by Jaanika Peerna

        Edited by Zoë Foster

        ISBN: 9781949597172

        Publisher: Terra Nova Press

        Pub Date: March 1, 2022

        An in-depth look at Jaanika Peerna's iconic work, through essays, images of works and performances, and the artist's own words.
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