XAB Subscription 5

XAB Subscription 5

$150.00

Our fifth subscription of books and printed projects includes Use Me at Your Own Risk: Visions from the Darkest Timeline by Anuradha Vikram, Psittaciformes by Yaron Michael Hakim, An Operational Account of Western Spatio-Temporality by Miljohn Ruperto, Itinéraires Fantômes oracle deck by Alexandra Grant with Hélène Cixous and Time & Place: on the work of Lynn Marie Kirby.

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Use Me at Your Own Risk: Visions from the Darkest Timeline by Anuradha Vikram takes place in 2046, a near future where both automation and climate collapse are more advanced. In five provocative sections, Use Me at Your Own Risk confronts the ethical challenges inherent in our unprecedented shift to automation. Vikram sets the stage for these imagined futures in vivid detail, describing environments, complex characters, and events in disparate locations from New Delhi to Los Angeles. 

Psittaciformes by Yaron Michael Hakim is a vibrant 104-page publication featuring 34 full-color spreads, a foreword by John D. Spiak, a text by poet Amy Gerstler, and a conversation between artist Hakim and MoCA Senior Curator José Luis Blondet. The author work draws inspiration from the migratory nature of parrots and their ability to assimilate. Through bold paintings on used Dacron sailcloth, he uses this subject matter to explore his own relationship with assimilation, living between cultures, and the exoticization of his heritage.

An Operational Account of Western Spatio-Temporality, an edition by Miljohn Ruperto, comprises three flipbooks and an accordion-fold booklet. The booklet presents an essay that examines three forms of time as philosophized by the Ancient Greeks—aion, chronos, and kairos—to map the boundaries of, and discern the influences of, Western spatio-temporality. The essay serves as a guiding narrative to help readers identify the source or the essence of Western subjectivity.

Itinéraires Fantômes is an oracle deck created by Alexandra Grant with Hélène Cixous in celebration of Hélène's work. The deck consists of 72 cards in six categories: animots, creatures, and entities that include Those from Below, Those from Above, Those Who Fly/Steal, who travel via Portals, manipulate Messages and Symbols, and have Superpowers. The cards are accompanied by a booklet in English and French. The images on the Itinéraires Fantômes cards come from family, friends, and artists who have been inspired by and inspired Hélène's writing.

Time & Place: on the work of Lynn Marie Kirby explores the artist’s work through a collection of newly commissioned writing and previously published essays by Etel Adnan, Charlie Hewison, Etienne Kallos, Carolina Magis Weinberg, Barbara McBane, Glenn Phillips, Lynne Sachs, Michael Sicinski, Jeffrey Skoller, Jordan Stein, Jalal Toufic, Tanya Zimbardo, and interviews with Kirby and Lissa Gibbs, Alexandra Grant, Megan Kiskaddon, Rachel Ralph, and Trinh T. Minh-ha. In lieu of standard photo documentation, the book includes Kirby's black & white scans.