Publications

Live Recorded Delay: An Archive of II Tempo del Postino

Co-organized by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Philippe Parreno as a group exhibition that would occupy time rather than space, “Il Tempo del Postino” usurped the durational dimension of theater by presenting time-based art on the stage of the Manchester Opera House as part of the inaugural Manchester International Festival 12 – 14 July 2007.
With some 100 full color photographs of the rehearsals, eleven drawn portraits of the participating artists as well as contributions by Nancy Spector, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Philippe Parreno, the book traces the making of the show and renders a distinctive portrait of a heterogenous but loosely affiliated group.

Publisher: Lukas & Sternberg (1 Nov 2008)

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Marina Abramović + The Future of Performance Art

This a new book on the latest in contemporary performance art, featuring information on Marina Abramovic Presents… which took place at the Whitworth Art Gallery as part of Manchester International Festival 2009.

Paula Orrell (Author, Editor)
Publisher: Prestel (31 Jan 2010)

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PROCESSION JEREMY DELLER

Published by Cornerhouse and Manchester International Festival.

The book features previously unseen pictures and stories from the event held at MIF in July 2009 and from Jeremy Deller’s research across the city.

‘For me, a procession can act as a snapshot of a time and place and I wanted this one to be as strange, messy and beautiful as daily life in this city is. I was also hoping to include elements that would not just show a smoothed out Manchester, as big cities inevitably have complicated histories and contradictory presents, presents in which certain group activities are lazily referred to as anti-social when in reality they are exactly the opposite.’
Jeremy Deller

Lesley Young (Author)
Publisher: Cornerhouse Publications (15 July 2010)

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Queen & Country: Steve McQueen

First unveiled at the inaugural Festival in 2007 and created by Turner Prize winner Steve McQueen, Queen and Country takes the form of a large cabinet containing a series of facsimile postage sheets bearing portraits of soldiers who lost their lives in the conflict in Iraq between 2003 and 2009.
The book accompanying the exhibition features single stamp images of the British Service Personnel killed in Iraq. It includes an original poem by Nobel Prize winning Poet, Derek Walcott. Buy it here.

Derek Walcott (Author)
Publisher: The British Council (Visual Arts publications) (1 April 2010)

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