Does the sun have a translucent shell? – (A Series of Open Questions, vol. 5)

Thirty international artists, writers, and thinkers consider timely themes found in the work of Anicka Yi, including AI, umwelt, scent and taste, the anthropocene, decay and rot, the animal world, and feminism.

Contributions include a cocktail recipe by Pierre Huyghe, an academic essay on psychedelic mushrooms in Native American culture, and a short story by Argentinian author Julio Cortázar, along with photographs and drawings relating to the themes. Through an eclectic range of international voices, the book encompasses many mediums in an attempt to address some of the most pressing issues of our time.

The Wattis Institute's annual reader, A Series of Open Questions, provides an edited selection of perspectives, images, and references related to the Wattis's year-long "On our mind" research seasons. Each volume includes newly commissioned writing by members of the research season's core reading group, as well as text and visual contributions by a diverse range of other artists and writers. The title of each reader takes the form of a question and becomes, as new books are published, a gradually evolving series of open questions.

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Edited by Jeanne Gerrity and Diego Villalobos.
Texts by Giorgio Agamben, John Berger, Suzanne Brant, Michelle Braunstein, Mel Chen, Julio Cortázar, Stephanie Dinkins, Dave Elfving, Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez & Rommy González, Ayesha Hameed, Taro Hattori, Cathy Park Hong, Tishan Hsu, Pierre Huyghe, Caroline A. Jones, Brian Karl, Karen Cheung & Heesoo Kwon, Jochen Lempert, Jen Liu, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Aspen Mays, K. Allado McDowell, Naomi Mitchison, Ho Tzu Nyen, Adrián Villar Rojas, Osiris Sinuhé González Romero, Jackie Wang, Nina Canell & Robin Watkins, Keith Williams, Anicka Yi.

Graphic design: Scott Ponik.

Published with CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco.

2025 (publication expected by 1st quarter)

English edition

11 x 18 cm (softcover)

256 pages (ill.)

12.95 €

ISBN : 978-1-915609-73-1

EAN : 9781915609731

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