{"product_id":"does-the-sun-have-a-translucent-shell-isbn-9781915609731","title":"Does the Sun Have a Translucent Shell?","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn the timely themes in the work of Anicka Yi, including AI, umwelt, scent and taste, the anthropocene, decay and rot, the animal world, and feminism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the fifth book in the annual series A Series of Open Questions published by CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts and Sternberg Press. Each book includes newly commissioned writing as well a selection of perspectives, images, and references related to the Wattis’s year-long research seasons dedicated to single artists. This volume is informed by themes found in the work of Anicka Yi, such as AI, umwelt, scent and taste, the anthropocene, decay and rot, the animal world, feminism, and Asian American experiences. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes a fold out insert with drawings by Anicka Yi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiorgio Agamben, John Berger, Nina Canell \u0026amp; Robin Watkins, Mel Chen, Julio Cortazar, Stephanie Dinkins, Dave Elfving, Ayesha Hameed, Taro Hattori, Cathy Park Hong, Tishan Hsu, Pierre Huyghe, Caroline A. Jones, Brian Karl, Heesoo Kwon \u0026amp; Karen Cheung, Jen Liu, Jochen Lempert, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Aspen Mays, K. Allado McDowell, Naomi Mitchison, Ho Tzu Nyen, Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodriguez, Adrian Villar Rojas, Jackie Wang, Keith Williams, Anicka Yi.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNina Canell and Robin Watkins, Mid Sentence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez, from \u003ci\u003eLet’s Become Fungal!\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCathy Park Hong, from \u003ci\u003eMinor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eK Allado-McDowell, from \u003ci\u003eAir Age Blueprint\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeith Williams, from \u003ci\u003eIndigenous Philosophies and Psychedelics\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaroline A. Jones, Symbiontics: a view of present conditions from a place of entanglement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePierre Huyghe, from Ryan Gander’s \u003ci\u003eARTISTS’ COCKTAILS\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJulio Cortázar, from \u003ci\u003eEnd of the Game and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGiorgio Agamben, from \u003ci\u003eThe Open: Man and Animal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNaomi Mitchison, from \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of a Spacewoman\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaro Hattori, 23 lines after Anicka Yi’s work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDave Elfving, A Bacterial Simulation for Anicka Yi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAspen Mays, Earth Flag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrian Karl, A History of Cattle: A Co-Species Compendium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMel Chen, from Animacies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeesoo Kwon and Karen Cheung, Before It Fades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTishan Hsu, Selected Drawings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJen Liu, INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OOOO (IPOOOO)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJochen Lempert, Untitled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Berger, from \u003ci\u003eAbout Looking\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdrian Villar Rojas, Untitled (Set of Six Drawings)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJackie Wang, The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHo Tzu Nyen, L is for Lai Teck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnicka Yi, Preparatory sketch 1 of X for a new Radiolaria sculpture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYutaka Matsuzawa, from \u003ci\u003eQuantum Art Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStephanie Dinkins, Afro-now-ism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAyesha Hameed, from \u003ci\u003eVisual Cultures as Time Travel\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eJeanne Gerrity is the Deputy Director and Director of Programs at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (USA) and has written for such publications as \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiego Villalobos is a curator from Cuernavaca, Mexico, currently based in San Francisco. He works as the Assistant Curator at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, where he recently presented Rodrigo Hernández: with what eyes? (2023–24), Drum Listens to Heart: Live Performances (2022–23), and Mirra Helen: Leaves 1992–2022 (2022). From 2016 to 2019, Villalobos served as a curator at The 500 Capp Street Foundation in San Francisco.","brand":"Sternberg Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233107128549,"sku":"NP9781915609731","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781915609731.jpg?v=1767725466","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/does-the-sun-have-a-translucent-shell-isbn-9781915609731","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}