{"product_id":"oceans-pandora-syperek-9780262545341","title":"Oceans","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOCEANS \u003c\/i\u003eattends to the inextricable human and nonhuman agencies that affect and are affected by the sea and its running currents within contemporary art and visual culture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOceans\u003c\/i\u003e cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface, dividing and connecting humans, who carry saltwater in their blood, sweat, and tears. They also represent a powerful nonhuman force, rising, flooding, heating and raging in unprecedented ways as the climate crisis unfolds. Artists have envisioned the sea as a sublime wilderness, home to mythical creatures and bizarre species, a source of life and death, a site of new beginnings and tragic endings, both wondrous and disastrous. From migration to melting ice caps, the sea is omnipresent in international news and politics, leaking into popular culture and proliferating in recent art and exhibitions. This anthology\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003egathers artists and writers to address the ocean not only as a theme but as a major agent of artistic and curatorial methods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtists surveyed include\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBas Jan Ader, Eileen Agar, John Akomfrah, Heba Y. Amin, Shuvinai Ashoona, Betty Beaumont, Leopold \u0026amp; Rudolf Blaschka, Heidi Bucher, Marcus Coates, Tacita Dean, Ellen Gallagher, Ayesha Hameed, Barbara Hepworth, Klara Hobza, Isuma, Brian Jungen, Tania Kovats, Sonia Levy, Armin Linke, Lani Maestro, Ana Mendieta, Kasia Molga, Eleanor Morgan, Wangechi Mutu, Jean Painlevé and Geneviève Hamon, Allan Sekula, Shimabuku, Christine \u0026amp; Margaret Wertheim, Alberta Whittle \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWriters include \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStacy Alaimo, Bergit Arends, Erika Balsom, Karen Barad, Rachel Carson, Mel Y. Chen, T.J. Demos, Marion Endt-Jones, Kodwo Eshun, Paul Gilroy, Stefano Harney, Epeli Hau'ofa, Donna Haraway, Eva Hayward, Stefanie Hessler, Luce Irigaray, Zakiyyah Iman Jackson, Celina Jeffery, Melody Jue, Max Liboiron, Lana Lopesi, Chus Mart?ez, Jules Michelet, Fred Moten, Astrida Neimanis, Celeste Olalquiaga, Ralph Rugoff, John Ruskin, Marina Warner, Jan Verwoert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pandora Syperek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262545349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262545341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.18d","brand":"Pandora Syperek","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070631637247,"sku":"9780262545341","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97bc4554-e2dd-4c71-bd92-fbbaaa3183d5.jpg?v=1685431447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oceans-pandora-syperek-9780262545341","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}