Dawn Dedeaux The Space Between Worlds

Art at the edge of the Anthropocene, from a pioneering multimedia artist From social inequality to population growth to climate change, New Orleans-based multimedia artist Dawn DeDeaux (born 1952) does not shy from exploring difficult topics. One of the first American artists to connect questions about social justice to environmental concerns, DeDeaux responds to a future imperiled by runaway population growth, breakneck industrial development and the looming threat of climate change. Since the 1970s, she has been probing humanity's present and future through videos, performances and installations. This catalog, published for her first comprehensive museum exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art, presents DeDeaux's work spanning five decades: from early multimedia works using radio and satellite to recent works from her MotherShipseries, in which she imagines humanity's escape from a destroyed Earth. For DeDeaux, art is always closely intertwined with philosophy, science and new technologies.

Wir leben nicht nur in Zeiten rasenden, aufregenden Wandels, wir leben auch mitten in den Zeiten des Anthropozän. Umwelt und Klima verändern sich im Zuge des vom Menschen betriebenen Turbokapitalismus. Der enge Zusammenhang und das zunehmende Ungleichgewicht zwischen Mensch und Erde wird in Benedikt Partenheimers Werken sinnlich wie inhaltlich nachvollziehbar. Fotografien von faszinierender wie bedrückender Eleganz zeigen ökologische und kulturelle Transformationsprozesse. Was diese Aufnahmen so bestechend erscheinen lässt, ist die menschliche Einflussgröße: malerischer Dunst von Luftverschmutzung über Stadtpanoramen, Berge spiegeln sich ambivalent in geschmolzenem Gletscherwasser. Der Preis der Schönheit ist jedem Bild eingeschrieben. Das macht Partenheimers Werk ästhetisch spannend, aber vor allem auch existenziell wichtig und politisch brisant.

An illustrated history of the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, paired with histories of the local companies.

Songstress Shanti's final performance is no different than any other. Gazing into the mirror, the Songstress laments her faceless curse. To hide her unsightliness, she dons a beautiful mask. She knows she doesn't belong in the darkness. Her desire is to live in a world of eternal light, to be seen for who she truly is. An enigmatic man who calls himself Avidia beckons Shanti, claiming to know how to conceive the world of light sleeping inside of her, and escape her current world of darkness, Cauraaha. Avidia poses the question that will be the key to her desire, as well as an unresolved pain: "What is your first memory?" Reno, a gentle florist, has his own stigma, a translucent coil of thorns wrapped around his arm, draining him of life at the utterance of the word "Promise." Hidden away in his heart is the knowledge of a past he doesn't wish to face, one that connects to Shanti, Avidia, and her curse. A dual narrative of introspection and self-discovery, A Space Between Worlds eloquently questions the truths of life and death, timeless bonds, and regret through lyrical imagination, philosophy, surrealism, and a journey through the unconscious mind.

Become immersed in the most innovative and vital in recent Canadian and international experimental film and video. Using the exhibition history of the Toronto screening group Pleasure Dome as a starting point to survey the work of independent film and videomakers during the 1990s, Lux delves into the work of these experimental artists with unprecedented depth and insight. The result is an anthology that provides an extensive overview of the period and also zooms in on the specific themes, oeuvres, styles and individual works that characterize the decade.

Balkrishna Doshi is one of India's most influential architects, and was honored with the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2018. The book Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People presents the first comprehensive survey of the architect and his oeuvre in 20 years, providing insights into the inspiration behind Doshi's work and background to his projects through essays by outstanding experts in the field. The richly illustrated survey is further supplemented by new photographs that document the impressive timeliness of the Indian master's buildings.