Doug Aitken: A-Z Book (Fractals)

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A, B, C, D, E ...

In this experimental volume of the work of artist Doug Aitken, the alphabet serves as an underlying organizational structure, guiding readers through the book's images and texts.

Combining a selection of new and older artwork alongside diverse texts, this book juxtaposes seemingly unrelated elements, creating shifting relationships and patterns that emerge only with time. A-Z (Fractals) offers a selection of past work, new photography, images from recent video pieces—such as Interiors, New Ocean and New Skin—and a new series of collages.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Kunsthalle Zürich
Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2002
Hardcover, flexibound, 128 pages / 100 color
9.75 x 13 inches

Artwork by Doug Aitken, Philippe Parreno
Edited by Marion Boulton Stroud, Russell Ferguson, and Beatrix Ruf
Includes an essay by architecture and design scholar Micheal Speaks, excerpts from a conversation between Aitken and curator Russel Ferguson, a short story by artist Philippe Parreno, a series of short entries written by Aitken, and excerpts from a conversation between Aitken and Dan Kish, a researcher at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles, CA.

This book is co-published in conjunction with the exhibition Doug Aitken: Interiors (September 20, 2002–January 11, 2003) at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia and Doug Aitken (June 15–August 10, 2003) at the Kunsthalle Zürich.

ISBN: 3-7757-1291-7

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