Research Catalog

Title

Explode every day : an inquiry into the phenomena of wonder / editor, Denise Markonish.

Publication

• Inquiry into the phenomena of wonder
• North Adams, MA : MASS MoCA ; Munich ; London ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Markonish, Denise
• Thompson, Joseph, 1958-
• Foley, Sean Patrick, 1969-
• Ruefle, Mary, 1952-
• Weschler, Lawrence
• Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, host institution.

Description

336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm

Summary

"Harnessing the idea of wonder as a thematic metaphor, the exhibition features both existing and new works by twenty-three international artist, each touching on certain facets of wonder, including: the perceptual/visionary, the technological/scientific, the philosophical/meditative, time/cosmos, and illusion/fear"--

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Art, American > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Wonder
• Awe
• Curiosity
• Art, American

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Includes biographies of artists and writers.
• "Published on the occasion of Explode Every Day: An Inquiry into the Phenomena of Wonder, curated by Denise Markonish with Sean Foley, May 28, 2016-April 2, 2017."--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Foreword / Joseph C. Thompson -- Introduction : Like two black holes colliding / Denise Markonish -- Unknown unknowns : an inquiry into wonder, the rainbow, and the aesthetics of every day experiences / Denise Markonish -- Negotiating wonder / Sean Foley -- Wonder, wondrous, wondering... / Jill Tarter -- Charles Lindsay -- Rachel Sussman -- Fred Tomaselli -- Still I wonder / Stefan Sagmeister -- Tristan Duke -- Institute for Figuring and Margaret Wertheim -- Ryan and Trevor Oakes -- Faith and the cultured despisers of the possible / Steven Holmes -- Jonathan Allen -- Christopher Gausby -- Laurent Grasso -- On wonder / Robin Ince -- Jason de Haan -- Demetrius Oliver -- Dark wonder : belowness, or the ineffable underground / Barbara Maria Stafford -- Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor -- Michael Light -- On the Guinness Book of Records / Sam Green -- Jen Bervin -- Hope Ginsburg -- Dario Robleto -- Julianne Swartz -- The thing itself / Maria Popova -- Sharon Ellis -- Nina Katchadourian -- Megan and Murray McMillan -- Exuberance : the passion for life / Kay Redfield Jamison -- Tom Friedman -- Pierre Huyghe -- Chris Taylor -- After a rain ; Argot ; Glory ; The day ; Fireworks ; Peridot ; Timberland ; Perpetually attempting to soar / Mary Ruefle -- In conversation with Lawrence Weschler.

Call Number

JQE 17-22

ISBN

• 9783791355658
• 3791355651

LCCN

2016908288

OCLC

946482539

Title

Explode every day : an inquiry into the phenomena of wonder / editor, Denise Markonish.

Imprint

Inquiry into the phenomena of wonder

Publisher

North Adams, MA : MASS MoCA ; Munich ; London ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Markonish, Denise, curator, editor.

Thompson, Joseph, 1958- writer of foreword.

Foley, Sean Patrick, 1969- author.

Ruefle, Mary, 1952- author.

Weschler, Lawrence, interviewee.

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQE 17-22