Books published by König, Walther

Die Publikation bietet einen vollständigen visuellen Überblick über fünf aktuelle Installationen von Anna Boghiguian. Ergänzt wird das reichhaltige Bildmaterial durch Essays von Quinn Latimer und Sven Lütticken, die sich mit den literarischen, historischen und politisch-ökonomischen Interessen der Künstlerin auseinandersetzen und untersuchen, wie sie diese in ihre Arbeit einfließen lässt. Schließlich reflektieren Pip Day und Pablo La Fuente mit Boghiguian über die Anfänge ihrer künstlerischen Tätigkeit.Text: Nuria Enguita, Thomas Thiel, Ann Hoste, Quinn Latimer, Sven Lütticken, Pip Day, Pablo Lafuente

Stan Douglas has long explored critical sociocultural and political change. His exhibition for the 59th Biennale di Venezia, 2011 ¿ 1848, reflects upon the language of protest, revolution and the uprisings witnessed across the globe in 2011. Douglas' four large-scale hybrid documentary photographs re-stage protests in Tunis, London, New York and Vancouver, and his two-channel HD video, ISDN, presents Grime and Mahraganat rappers exchanging subversive lyrics between studios in London and Cairo. The illustrated catalogue features some 100 full-colour detailed images that capture behind-the-scenes views of Douglas' elaborate productions. Essays by international cultural thinkers examine the artist's work in relation to music, political economy, contemporary media theory and the rise of Grime and Mahraganat.

In this publication, Pélagie Gbaguidi's presents new paintings as well as works with textiles and drawings. The artist calls herself a contemporary 'griot', which she defines as someone who functions as an intermediary between individual memory and ancestral past. Her work is an anthology of the signs and traces of trauma and is centred on colonial and postcolonial history. She aims to reveal the process of forgetting by recontextualizing archives and histories. The images that Gbaguidi creates - through painting, drawing, performance and installation - seek to escape from binary thinking, archetypes and simplifications.