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The Sleep of ReasonCritical Perspectives on Contemporary Art

table of contents
Prologue

I Essays

What Does It Mean to Be Human? On the Artistic Allure of Time Capsules
Do Bureaucrats Dream of Excel Sheets? On Imagination and Administration
Mycelial Metaphors. On Artist-Run Culture, Creativity, and Self-Organization

II Approaches

Policing the Police. On Forensic Architecture
Opening Eyes. Grace Ndiritu: Experimental Pedagogies and the Afterbirth of Modernism
Ain't No Mountain High Enough. Reflections on the Photography of Nick Hannes

III Conversations

Down the Rabbit Hole with Alex Cecchetti and Laure Prouvost
A White Cube in the Jungle. A Conversation with Renzo Martens
The Chorus of the Body. A Conversation with Otobong Nkanga
Breathing, Improvising, and Listening. A Conversation with Tarek Atoui
The Precarious Present. A Conversation with Gregory Sholette

Annex: Images
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