After Empire

Herman Asselberghs and Dieter Lesage, After Empire
Softcover, 256 pp., offset 1/1, 110 x 180 mm
Edition of 2000
ISBN 978-94-9069-394-7
Published by MER. Paper Kunsthalle

$20.00 ·

After Empire is published on the occasion of the group show ‘Blijven Kijken’, an exhibition curated by Pieter Van Bogaert at M-Museum on (dis)appearing images and the boundaries of representation. Central in the exhibition is the 2010 video After Empire by Herman Asselberghs. This video is a tentative reflection on positive forms of collective resistance against war as well as emancipatory representations concerned with it. This publication considers a possible alternative for an iconic image drawn from our collective memory: a hijacked plane hitting the second tower of the WTC in 2001, New York. The book proposes an alternative for our collective history: the 15th of February 2003. On that day 30 million citizens across the planet marched against the unilateral decision by the American government to start a pre-emptive war against Iraq under the auspices of “the war on terrorism”. 2/15 was the greatest peace demonstration since the Vietnam war and probably the biggest protest march ever to take place. The war did happen, but this world day of resistance could very well mark the beginning of the 21st century. 2/15 instead of 9/11: a key date in the writing of a history of global contestation in the struggle between two superpowers: the United States against public opinion worldwide.

Art, Criticism, Dieter Lesage, Distribution, Herman Asselberghs, Iraq, M-Museum, MER. Paper Kunsthalle, Philosophy, Pieter Van Bogaert, Politics

fillip 15

fillip 15
Softcover, 176 pp., offset 2/1, 170 x 245 mm
Edition of 2500
ISSN 1715-3212
ISBN 978-0-9868326-5-9
Published by Fillip

$15.00 ·

Fillip is a publication of art, culture, and ideas released three times a year.

Fillip 15 initiates a new, ongoing series of texts entitled Apparatus, Capture, Trace examining the links between biopolitics and photography. The series opens with essays by Saul Anton on Osama bin Laden and Gabrielle Moser on the work of Jon Rafman, alongside an introduction by series editor Kate Steinmann.

The issue continues essays from the Intangible Economies series, which is the focus of a three-day forum co-organized by Artspeak. Presenting speakers include Melanie Gilligan, Hadley+Maxwell, Candice Hopkins, Olaf Nicolai, Monika Szewczyk, and Jan Verwoert, as well as series editor Antonia Hirsch. The event will be broadcast worldwide on Livestream.

The issue also investigates WikiLeaks: Axis of Reputation, a research-based project by Metahaven produced in conjunction with Fillip 15. Part of Metahaven’s ongoing Transparency, Inc. (2010–), the work interrogates the constantly fluctuating image politics of the online whistleblower Web site WikiLeaks.

1. Christian Hänggi on Stockhausen and 9/11
2. Christian Nagler and Joseph del Pesco on curating and algorithms
3. Chris Fitzpatrick and Post Brothers on parasitical practices
4. Christina Linden on survivalism and sustainability
5. Peta Rake on artist-run initiatives in Brisbane
6. Plus a Criticism Roundtable with Julian Myers, Tara McDowell (the Exhibitionist), and Alexander Provan (Triple Canopy), among others

Alexander Provan, Antonia Hirsch, Art, Artspeak, Candice Hopkins, Christian Hänggi, Christian Nagler, Christina Linden, Distribution, Fillip, Gabrielle Moser, Hadley+Maxwell, Jan Verwoert, Jon Rafman, Joseph del Pesco, Julian Myers, Kate Steinmann, Melanie Gilligan, Metahaven, Monika Szewczyk, Olaf Nicolai, Osama bin Laden, Peta Rake, Politics, Post Brothers, Saul Anton, Tara McDowell, Triple Canopy, WikiLeaks

Destroy This Memory

Richard Misrach, Destroy This Memory
Hardcover, 140 pp., offset 4/4, 11.75 x 15.25 inches
Edition of 2000
ISBN 978-15971116-3-8
Published by Aperture

$65.00 ·

Richard Misrach’s Destroy This Memory is an affecting reminder of the physical and psychological impact of Hurricane Katrina. Rather than simply surveying the damage, Misrach — who has photographed the region regularly since the 1970s, most notably for his ongoing Cancer Alley project — found himself drawn to the hurricane-inspired graffiti: messages scrawled in spray paint, crayons, chalk, or whatever materials happened to be on hand. At turns threatening, desperate, clinical, and even darkly humorous, the phrases he captured — the only text that appears in the book — offer unique and revealing human perspectives on the devastation and shock left in the wake of this disaster.

Destroy This Memory presents previously unpublished and starkly compelling material, all of which Misrach shot with his 4 MP pocket camera. Created between October and December 2005, this haunting series of images serves as a potent, unalloyed document of the raw experiences of those left to fend for themselves in the aftermath of Katrina.

Aperture, Art, Cancer Alley, Criticism, DAP, Katrina, New Orleans, Photography, Politics, Richard Misrach