Control Order House

132 unnumbered pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm. In 2011, Edmund Clark is the first artist to work and stay in a house in which a man suspected of involvement with terrorist-related activity was placed under a Control Order in the UK. Control Order House explores this form of detention through photographs and architectural representations of the house, and the handwritten diary of the man known only as CE. The book includes redacted documents relating to CE's case. Clark's implication in the process is further revealed through his correspondence from the Home Office, which makes clear the control and censorship imposed on his work inside the house. Any material could become part of CE's case. Clark says: "This archetypal semi-detached house in a faceless suburb is the physical manifestation of a form of detention without trial in the UK. It represents the reaction of a government and society to the fear and chaos of terrorist attacks." Control Order House engages with ideas of control in photography by foregoing the normal process of editing and mediation to reproduce the images, unedited, in the order in which Clark took them, exploring the monotony and claustrophobia of a controlled person's life. The inclusion of official documents and correspondence also illustrates the weight of state actors against the individual. According to the publisher and confirmed by third-party distributors, this second edition was limited to 500 copies, after a first edition of 250 copies. A sharp copy, with mild wear to covers and a few subtle dents and creases.…