{"product_id":"diamond-spires-peter-bjorndal-9781733305600","title":"Diamond Spires","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Hyper Arctic Zone, a region in the very far north artificially warmed and cooled by machine, two young dilettantes seek artistic inspiration and the meaning of life in the shadow of an early greenhouse gas capture site created to combat runaway climate change⁠--air is converted to thousand foot towers of diamond called \u003cem\u003eDIAMOND SPIRES\u003c\/em\u003e. Their quest for artistic truth leads them to discover a sinister object in an underground laboratory, altering their attention span for two weeks of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiamond Spires\u003c\/em\u003e, the new novel by multidisciplinary artist Peter Bjorndal, is part of a solo art exhibition titled \u003cem\u003ePhysical Digital Bourgeoisie Street Art \u0026amp; Poetry for Untrained Neural Networks, both Suspended in 103 Trillion Carat Diamond\u003c\/em\u003e at The Baroque Room in St Paul, Minnesota. The exhibition grapples with themes such as the romanticization of technological advancement, while at the same time tries to show the layperson actual pragmatic steps they can take to make sure their future robotic assistant doesn't beat them to death. Among other things, \u003cem\u003eDiamond Spires\u003c\/em\u003e recontextualizes the exhibition's visual art into a vision of the future which tries to predict how humanity's contemporary scientific and ecological problems will resolve, and what that means for people simply living life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Bjorndal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1733305602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733305600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Friendly Puppy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Peter Bjorndal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850423644415,"sku":"9781733305600","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diamond-spires-peter-bjorndal-9781733305600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}