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Real Black: Adventures In Racial Sincerity

Artist/Author: John L. Jackson Jr. | Reference: P3286 | ISBN: 978-0226390024 | Type: Publication

Drawing on more than ten years of ethnographic research in and around New York City, the book offers a kaleidoscope of subjects and stories that address how race is negotiated in today’s world-including tales of book-vending numerologists, urban conspiracy theorists, corrupt police officers, mixed-race neo-Nazis, and gospel choirs forbidden to catch the Holy Ghost.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).

Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983

Artist/Author: Tim Lawrence | Reference: P3252 | ISBN: 978-0822362029 | Type: Publication

Interviewing DJs, party hosts, producers, musicians, artists, and dancers, Lawrence illustrates how the relatively discrete post-disco, post-punk, and hip hop scenes became marked by their level of plurality, interaction, and convergence. He also explains how the shifting urban landscape of New York supported the cultural renaissance before gentrification.

The Dreamers

Artist/Author: Ameena Anjum, Ameera Al-Aji, Andrea Berry, Emma Bolland, Luke Chapman, Helen Clarke, Louise Finney, Rebecca Jagoe, Sharon Kivland, John McDowall, Debbie Michaels, Rachel Smith, Rachel Taylor, Lunzhao Wu | Reference: P3207 | ISBN: 978-1-910055-29-8 | Type: Publication

A collection exploring walking (literally and figuratively, one might say sleepwalking).

The Walking Read Group On Commons

Editor: Lydia Ashman, Ania Bas and Simone Mair | Reference: P3198 | Type: Publication

Publication on four walks commissioned by SPACE, which provided the chance to discuss the many and varied viewpoints related to the commons, including resource, community and the process of commoning. This edition includes an essay written by Maru Rojas in response to the project and the commons.

The Walking Reading Group

Editor: Lydia Ashman, Ania Bas and Simone Mair | Reference: P3199 | ISBN: 978-1-908452-55-9

Publication documenting the work of the WRG in 2013 and 2014.

Critical Landscapes: Art, Space, Politics

Editor: Emily Eliza Scott and Kirsten Swenson | Reference: P3132 | ISBN: 978-0520285491 | Type: Publication

One of the first comprehensive treatments of land use in contemporary art, the collection surveys the stakes and concerns of recent land-based practices, outlining the art historical contexts, methodological strategies, and geopolitical phenomena.

Part of the Study Room Guide on Live Art and Displacement (P3107).

Of Bridges & Borders: Vol. II

Editor: Sigismond de Vajay | Reference: P3136 | ISBN: 978-3037642634 | Type: Publication

Anthropologists, writers, philosophers, artists, sociologists and architects from around the world voice their views of the challenges facing society today. The content ranges from anecdotes to complex research projects. In Spanish and English.

Part of the Study Room Guide on Live Art and Displacement (P3107).

Collected Works for Performance

Artist/Author: Hannah Nicklin | Reference: P2986 | ISBN: 978-1783197361 | Type: Publication

Inckudes: A Conversation With My Father, Songs for Breaking Britain, Equations for a Moving Body.

walkwalkwalk: The Musical

Editor: Gail Burton, Serena Korda and Clare Qualmann | Reference: D2217 | ISBN: 095543792X | Type: DVD

A spectacular live soundtrack to the route of the participatory live art event, curated by Tai Shani. The CD includes the songs from the walk, text by Tai Shani and walkwalkwalk and original artwork by Stephen Fowler.

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