{"product_id":"possibility-of-lifes-survival-by-patrick-keillor-9781849760720","title":"Possibility of Life's Survival","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn January 2008, a fictional character called Robinson, newly released from a fictional prison, resumed his activities as a wandering, erratic scholar of landscape: ‘Equipped with an ancient cine camera...he made images of his everyday surroundings...He believed that he could communicate with a network of non-human intelligences...They were determined to preserve the possibility of life's survival on the planet, and enlisted him to work on their behalf...’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTen months later ‘a box containing 19 film cans and a notebook’ was discovered in a derelict caravan. Its contents were arranged by a team of researchers as a film, \u003cem\u003eRobinson in Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), and, later, as \u003cem\u003eThe Robinson Institute\u003c\/em\u003e, which combined a selection of the film images with other works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo accompany the installation of \u003cem\u003eThe Robinson Institute\u003c\/em\u003e at Tate Britain, filmmaker Patrick Keiller includes in this book a similar selection of images, predominantly from \u003cem\u003eRobinson in Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eTate Collection\u003c\/em\u003e, which consider the origins of the current economic crisis, and effectively serve to illustrate the development of capitalism through the details of landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47603087868140,"sku":"9781849760720","price":33.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781849760720-possibility-of-life-s-survival.jpg?v=1778055136","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/possibility-of-lifes-survival-by-patrick-keillor-9781849760720","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}