Books published by WhiteWalls, Inc

Philosopher, Afro-futurist, and jazz legend Sun Ra (1914-93) constructed much of his complicated public persona during his sojourn in Chicago in the mid-1950s. This work presents the story of Sun Ra's mystical journey of discovery and his lofty goals for the dissemination of his new knowledge.

Sun Ra - self-proclaimed visionary extraterrestrial of the "Angel Race," prophetic jazz band leader and composer, and lyrical proponent of Afro-futurism - was one of the influential figures of twentieth-century music. This title confronts the visual manifestation of Sun Ra's philosophy.

As an artist, Dike Blair is unusual because he has worked on parallel paths, concentrating equally on critical writing and artistic production. This work takes us on a tour through the breadth of Blair's interests, with essays on a variety of contemporary artists, as well as interviews with sci-fi authors, movie special effects teams, and others.

Brings together a series of sculptures made with department store mannequins that American artist and writer created, in collaboration with Austrian artist. This book is built around beautifully reproduced full-page photographs of all the mannequin works, which were widely praised when first exhibited and have proved enduringly influential since.

Chicago-based artist Helen Mirra creates works that explore the relationship between the natural world and the everyday lives and activities of the people who live in it. This volume brings together all the artwork created by her, which is accompanied by disparate texts.

Reimagines the ways in which communities collectively produce meaning through the social environments they inhabit - and thereby cultivate. At its heart, this book is a reflection on the performance of living, asking how we move, act, and create meaning within a world of objects - and how those objects accrue value in relation to one another.

With hybrids of criticism, fiction, and personal essays, this title features chapters that take on another's work, while reinterpreting the role of the critic - as supplicant, as cannibal, as skeptic.

Offers a response to questionable acts by the US government, as well as national shifts in legal, corporate, and cultural power.

Vilem Flusser coined the term "technical image" to describe the way in which images model texts in a world fundamentally changed and defined by industrialized modern culture. This title is a collection of several projects, which go beyond simple textual description or image mapping in order to make connections through a hybridized visual language.

Since its inception in 1988, the art collective Haha has created twenty-one projects - including sculptural installations, community-based projects, and video works - in United States and Europe. This book presents a range of the collective's projects. It explores such topics as temporality, everyday life, and the place of collaboration.

Documents a multi-channel installation by contemporary video artist Edgar Arceneaux. Centered on video footage of popular comedian David Alan Grier, this artwork examines the nuances and structures of comedy routines, jokes, and humor itself.

An examination of the way intellectuals interact - through influence, argumentation, and criticism. Taking McLuhan and Lewis as starting points, this title includes essays that develop and push the ideas presented in both "Blast" and "Counterblast". It includes the writings of Maria Fusco, Michael Hoolboom, My Barbarian, and Ryan Trecartin.

Documents an exhibition organized by the Knoxville Museum of Art. This volume includes images of Anne Wilson's pieces on display, as well as full-color illustrations of the textiles that provide an almost tactile experience, photographs of artists at work, and diagrams of how the materials are made.

Offering history of hysteria, and based on medical writings and images, this volume is so designed that each letter introduces an episode from the annals of medical lore. It tracks down female malady, disproving the theory that time heals all wombs.