THE LAST BOOK, imagine a world lit by itself…
The Last Book
The Last Book, a haudenschildGarage - Spare Parts project directed by Steve Fagin, resurrects the medieval illuminated manuscript through the invocation of our current alchemy, new technologies. To conjure a future as the past in reverse, a one of a kind book, including handwritten text, moving images, and sound, will be produced. As in ancient cultures, the meaning of the book will only be fully available as a performative entity. In other circumstances it will be available to be looked at, but never to be touched, or read from by the community at large. The text will be provided by Mary Gaitskill and the moving images by Leslie Thornton.
In October of 2008, the book will be performed in Los Angeles.
The haudenschildGarage is a cultural platform that stands somewhere between a salon and an alternative space, the goal of which is to be a home away from home for cultural experimentation, play and conversation. It routinely presents symposia, lectures and film screenings to the public. Whether international projects, dialogs or commissions, the haudenschildGarage collaborates with international institutions, alternative spaces and emerging artists in a permissive context for opinion and production.
In 2006, the haudenschildGarage launched SPARE PARTS, a renewable 3-year cycle of projects commissioned and produced by Director Eloisa Haudenschild and Commissioning Editor Steve Fagin that encourages the juxtaposition of the crucial, the trivial, and the arcane. Projects include A Crime Has Many Stories in Argentina, Decolonizing Architecture in Palestine/Israel and The Last Book in the US.
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