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VILLA LITUANIA
Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas
When the Soviet Union occupied the independent Republic of Lithuania in 1940, it also took over Lithuania’s gracious embassy in Rome, which has housed the Russian Consulate in Rome ever since. At the 2007 Venice Biennale, Lithuanian architects Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas proposed an architectural restoration of the Villa – including a pigeon race from Venice to Rome. This book is more than a catalog: it is a cross-disciplinary reader that details their project and also includes an essay by Viktor Misiano on the ties between the Italian and Soviet Communist party and another by Julian Stallabrass about the use of Marxist critique within contemporary art.
6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches / 100 pp
ISBN: 978-1-933128-32-0
Retail Price: $29.95
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THE VIOLENCE OF PARTICIPATION
Markus Miessen
What exactly is Europe? Is it an actual place or just a temporary community based on shared political and economic interests? Edited by London-based architect and writer Markus Miessen, this compilation of essays, cartoons and other writings presents the world’s most densely populated continent as a conflicted political space whose identity must be continuously negotiated. As the European Union maintains its eastward march to countries like Turkey, bleeding beyond its classically understood political boundaries, the questions continue. Produced to expound on Miessen’s work from the Lyon Biennial in 2007, this dense paperback accumulates diverse opinions exploring what it means to live in Europe today.
ISBN: 978-1-933128-34-4
Retail Price: $29.95