Items related to The Revolt of the Bees: Wherein the Future of the Paper-Hive...
Synopsis
This new publication, the second in our Theory Series, engages metaphors of the hive in contemporary cultural life and encompasses an interdisciplinary approach that spans contemporary art, curatorial studies, and literary criticism. This publication is edited by Aaron Levy and Thaddeus Squire, with essays by Anthony Grafton and Thomas Keenan and audio and visual contributions by Michael Zansky. The publication also includes a complimentary companion DVD, "in which the thinking man finds himself in a gigantic orphanage...," directed by Aaron Levy, with a monologue adapted from Thomas Bernhard's Gargoyles and read by Gary Indiana, which explores the archive in disarray.
"The Revolt of the Bees artfully celebrates a set of images and associated practices that dominated the world of high culture for centuries. [...] This collection of evidence and the imaginative and sometimes subversive way in which it is displayed make a distinctive contribution to the new field of history of books and reading—an interdisciplinary study currently in an explosive phase of expansion." - Anthony Grafton
"The hive is a living organism, and the living organism is a metaphor for the American organization, which is both the embodiment of and emblem for contemporary cultural practice. Every hive is constituted of thousands of bees: small organisms of finite lifespan subject to an inexorable cycle of life and death. The hive as a whole, however, provides an architecture for overcoming death by possessing a different sustainability-one wrought through continuous cycles of generational passing and reemergence, for which death is not a consideration. Extending the metaphor of the hive into the cultural realm suggests new and more hopeful visions of the cultural organization. Can we imagine our organizations operating without consideration or fear of fragility and sustainability as they envision their futures?" -- Aaron Levy and Thaddeus Squire
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherSlought Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0971484864
- ISBN 13 9780971484863
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages112
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
The Revolt of the Bees: Wherein the Future of the Paper-Hive is Declared
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Used - Very Good. 2005. paperback. Pap. Minor shelf wear. Small stain from water damage affecting top interior edge of front wrap, endpaper, title, half-title, and dedication page. Else fine. A sound copy with otherwise bright, clean internals. Very Good. Seller Inventory # S76953
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Revolt of the Bees: Wherein the Future of the Paper-Hive is Declared
Seller: Project HOME Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Used - Good. Seller Inventory # GA03-000034
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Revolt of the Bees: Wherein the Future of the Paper-Hive is Declared
Seller: Flip Your Wig, Cloverdale, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Clean cover. Unmarked clean pages. Has DVD included. Seller Inventory # 120323024
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Revolt of the Bees
Published by
Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, 2005
ISBN 10: 0971484864
ISBN 13: 9780971484863
Used
Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: Letters Bookshop, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. [320pp, mixed stock]: x, 102; perfectbound with endleaves in laminated card covers ($30.00 US / $40.00 CAN, rear); 215 x 141 x 8 mm. Volume 2 in the Slought Books Theory Series, presenting essays by Anthony Grafton & Thomas Keenan; a co-publication with The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Pennsylvania. One of 450 copies produced at Coach House Press in Toronto, November 2005. Without the "complimentary" dvd. Seller Inventory # 002643
Quantity: 1 available