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How do cultural institutions and art practices respond to
long-standing states of national and international emergency? It is
with these questions in mind that Khalil Rabah's artistic practice
investigates the future of visual arts production under such
conditions. Exploring the relationships between historically
sanctioned and experimental exhibition settings, fictional and
documentative narratives, and the histories of displacement, his
methods not only propose but produce speculative institutions. As
the artist's first major monograph, Falling Forward / Works
(1997-2025) presents a comprehensive selection of exhibition
materials, previously unseen archival documents, and detailed
background notes on how Rabah's methods relate to broader themes in
his work. The volume also introduces new critical writing from
curators, authors, and researchers on the interrelated subjects of
anticipatory aesthetics, subterfuge and fugitive acts, mimicry and
performativity, knowledge production, archival technologies and,
crucially, the politics of humor.
One of Pakistan’s most notable contemporary artists, Bani Abidi
creates videos and multimedia works that interweave
autobiographical fiction with socio-political commentary and
satire. Her practice explores the sobering realities of the
political conditions, bureaucracy, and urban infrastructure in
Asia, exposing the absurdities emerging from the dysfunctionalities
of everyday life. The Artist Who is the first monograph to look at
the work of this Berlin-based Pakistani artist. Envisioned as an
artist project, the publication explores notions of humor,
playfulness and experimentation by engaging with forms of writing,
design, printing, and assembly. Containing a documentation of
artworks created over two decades as well as archival material and
a rich selection of texts, it represents the wide range of
relationships Abidi has fostered during this period.
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