Slow Spatial Research: Chronicles of Radical Affection is a collection of essays about ‘Slow’ approaches to spatial practice and pedagogy from around the world. The book’s contributors are from twenty-two countries on five continents. Each one brings distinct philosophical and disciplinary approaches—from ‘spatial’ fields like architecture, sculpture, and installation, but also performative, somatic and/or dramaturgical practices—, exploring how we think about and engage with sp...

De dichter schrijft in zijn verantwoording aan het slot van de bundel:

"In het voorjaar van 2018 stond ik voor het eerst op een podium om mijn eigen teksten voor te dragen.

Hoewel ik heel lang veel heb geschreven was dat in zekere zin ook de eerste keer dat ik verantwoordelijkheid nam voor dat wat ik schrijf.

Tussen voorjaar 2018 en zomer 2019 heb ik wekelijks ergens in het land op een podium gestaan. Daarbij stelde ik mij ten doel om bij iedere voordracht tenminste één nieuwe tekst te lat...

Wat gebeurt er als we de kunst teruggeven aan het leven? De vraag wordt dan: welke impact heeft kunst op

jouw bestaan? Kunstwerken hebben immers de kracht je aan te grijpen en diepgaand te veranderen; zij zijn een oefening in levenskunst. De geschiedenis van de moderne kunst reduceren tot een opeenvolging van

'-ismen' doet dan ook onvoldoende recht aan haar wezenlijk transformerende kracht.

In 'Het Scrovegni alternatief' past kunstfilosoof Francis Smets die oefening op zichzelf toe. Tien hed...

This concise book contains all you'll ever need to know about perspective drawing. In twenty masterfully organized chapters, from simple to complex, the author explains the basics and not-so-basics of perspective drawing. He includes suggestions on how to make your drawings a lot simpler, drawing methods for observation and space division, a "Remember" section at the end of each chapter in which he summarizes the most important information and principles presented in that chapter, and a "Prob...

On the Necessity of Gardening tells the story of the garden as a rich source of inspiration. Over the centuries, artists, writers, poets and thinkers have each described, depicted and designed the garden in different ways. In medieval art, the garden was a reflection of paradise, a place of harmony and fertility, shielded from worldly problems. In the eighteenth century this image tilted: the garden became a symbol of worldly power and politics. The Anthropocene, the era in which man complete...

Sal Mineo is probably most well-known for his unforgettable, Academy Award-nominated turn opposite James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause and his tragic murder at the age of thirty-seven. Finally, in this riveting new biography filled with exclusive, candid interviews with both Mineo's closest female and male lovers and never-before-published photographs, Michael Gregg Michaud tells the full story of this remarkable young actor's life, charting his meteoric rise to fame and turbulent career and ...

Small, smart, essential – an accessible introduction to the Pop Art movement, offering a new perspective on canonical works and highlighting its international reach.

Small, smart, essential – an easy-to-read, straightforward and entertaining introduction to art history via fifty pivotal moments from antiquity to the 21st century.

‘Splendid … a tour de force … Its lucid prose, evocative illustrations and handsome production make it a joy to read and savour’ Times Higher Education

An essential guide to the multifarious and increasingly connected world of global art from 1900 to today.