{"product_id":"futureways-paperback","title":"Futureways - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRita McBride\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGlen Rubsamen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFutureways\u003c\/i\u003e is a faux science fiction novel that dares to reinvent the future. The story of an art exhibition in the distant future, the book posits an otherworldly community of alien shape-shifters, robotic administrators and demon-conjuring Magi who inhabit spaceports, otherworldly archeological sites, gated utopias, courthouses and bars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis beguiling \"novel\" features chapters written by different contributors--including artists, critics, curators, museum directors, journalists and writers--all of whom create fantastical landscapes that simultaneously work within and outside the convention of science fiction. At its heart, it depicts the \"tangible marvels\" of the imagination and the role of the artist as time-traveler, forward-thinking yet never forgetting the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConceived by internationally acclaimed artist Rita McBride, \u003ci\u003eFutureways\u003c\/i\u003e is the second book in the Ways Books series (the first was \u003ci\u003eHeartways\u003c\/i\u003e), a unique collaboration between the Whitney Museum of American Art, Printed Matter, Inc. and Arsenal Pulp Press. Forthcoming titles include \u003ci\u003eCrimeways\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMyways\u003c\/i\u003e. Books in the Ways Books series--which include more than 50 different contributions by artists, architects, writers, journalists, scientists, curators and critics--exploit and decipher genre writing with an entertaining and refreshing collective structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors include Laura Cottingham, Nick Crowe, Aline Duriaud, Nalo Hopkinson, Nico Israel, Matthew Licht, Peter Maass, Rita McBride, Glen Rubsamen, David Schafer, Mark von Schlegell, Rutger Wolfson and Alexandre Melo, translated by Brad Cherry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRita is an artist living and working in Cologne and New York. Her projects vary greatly from unorthodox books to very large sculptures. She is currently planning a sixty-meter tall carbon structure entitled Mae West to be erected in 2006 on the Effnerplatz in Munich. Glen is a visual artist from Los Angeles who lives and works in Cologne and New York. He has had solo exhibitions throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 7 x 4.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267666362617,"sku":"9781551521725","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vbVLpkAHx_9781551521725.webp?v=1768868386","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/futureways-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}