Charles Stankievech: The Desert Turned to Glass

Name: Charles Stankievech: The Desert Turned to Glass
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SKU: 9783775755313
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The Desert Turned to Glass is a place where the cosmic and chthonic collide. Commemorating the centenary of the planetarium as an architectural type, this book collects a new body of work by acclaimed Canadian artist Charles Stankievech. Thematically, the project explores alternative theories concerning the... Read More

Format: Paperback / softback

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Description

The Desert Turned to Glass is a place where the cosmic and chthonic collide. Commemorating the centenary of the planetarium as an architectural type, this book collects a new body of work by acclaimed Canadian artist Charles Stankievech.

Thematically, the project explores alternative theories concerning the origin of life, consciousness, and art—bridging the cosmological visions of cave art and the modern technology of the planetarium. Richly illustrated, the book pairs images of Stankievech's installations and cinematic works with newly commissioned writings by geologists, exobiologists, philosophers, and archaeologists.

Spanning the abyss of space and the depths of the earth, The Desert Turned to Glass is an epic meditation on origins, endings, and infinity.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775755313

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 March 2024

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 70 Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Dehlia Hannah
Edited by Nadim Samman
Text by Charles Stankievech
Text by David Lewis-Williams
Text by Barbara Sherwood Lollar

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 1020g

Pages: 192

Collections

Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

The work of Canadian artist CHARLES STANKIEVECH (*1978) interweaves the sublime landscape, geopolitics, and technology through a practice of fieldwork. Combining installation, cinema and curatorial methods, his projects create architectures of immersive experience.