Yoyo Munk: Medusa

Name: Yoyo Munk: Medusa
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780903696661
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A Tin Drum Production

By Yoyo Munk

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Yoyo Munk: Medusa is a striking artist's book exploring Medusa, a mixed reality installation that probes the nature of architecture without physical form amid the climate crisis. Directed by Yoyo Munk and produced by Tin Drum, Medusa questions the very essence of non-physical architecture and our evolving relationship with space in an era of emergent technologies and mass extinction. The book features original artwork, thoughtful reflections, and dialogues with leading thinkers including architect Sou Fujimoto and author James Bridle.
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This book will appeal to readers interested in contemporary art, architecture, climate change, and technology, as well as those drawn to experimental artist's books and cultural criticism.

Description

Beautiful artist's book about Tin Drum's MR installation, Medusa. A meditation on emergent technologies, nature and architecture amidst the climate crisis with contributions from celebrated writers, academics and thinkers.

The mixed reality Medusa installation began with the questions: is there even such a thing as non-physical architecture? What is the function of architecture without physical form? Directed by Yoyo Munk and produced by Tin Drum, it headlined the 2021 London Design Festival at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Yoyo Munk's first book is an exploration into Medusa's themes, reflecting on our changing relationship with architecture within the context of rapidly advancing technology and ongoing mass extinction. Featuring original artwork by Tin Drum, Medusa is a timely and moving artist's book about climate grief.

Medusa includes fascinating conversations between Munk and Sou Fujimoto, the renowned architect and Medusa collaborator, James Bridle, author of Ways of Being; Veronica Strang, cultural anthropologist; and Seirian Sumner, author of Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps. A dazzling poetic contribution from Octavia Bright, author of This Ragged Grace: A Memoir of Recovery and Renewal is interspersed throughout the book. Medusa is an art object to be treasured, employing multiple inks, foils, papers and processes.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780903696661

Publisher: Hurtwood Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 April 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hurtwood Press

Illustration: Hardback with exposed spine; 380 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Designed by Billie Temple
Contributions by Octavia Bright
Contributions by Seirian Sumner
Contributions by Veronica Strang
Contributions by James Bridle

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 1180g

Pages: 324

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About the Author

Yoyo Munk is a trained biologist and Chief Science Officer of Tin Drum, a collective of artists, engineers, designers, and technologists. They produce content for wearable augmented and mixed reality devices, often collaborating with exceptional artists including Marina Abramovic. After a career in academia, Yoyo was the Lead Perception Scientist at Magic Leap, where they focused on questions around accommodation-vergence mismatch in human perception. Yoyo is the Director of the Medusa installation, Tin Drum's exploration into our relationship with nature and architecture informed by their deep engagement with climate change.