‘... And of course in terms of making spaces that claim to be something they're not, I just like the idea of a book calling itself a magazine.’

Magazine by Mike Nelson is an intricate reconfiguration of a number of his acclaimed installations. Nelson has selected, edited and ordered a succession of detailed images encouraging the reader to move through different passages and states whilst negotiating recyclings of six of his previous shows. The book has no end point, no definitive reading but rather is a visual non-linear narrative which suggests an ‘Interzone’ − demonstrating a parallel experience which questions the purpose of Nelson’s constructed spaces and examines what is really going on behind the scenes. Magazine can be experienced both as a memento and as a reading of Nelson’s constructed spaces and represents a logical progression and use of the book form by the artist. We are invited to loose ourselves in a multiplicity of meaning as we continue reading − rediscovering, reinventing and redefining.

Co-published by Book Works with Matt’s Gallery.

本書は、アーティスト・Mike Nelsonのインスタレーションのうち、好評を博したものを複雑に再構築した本。Nelsonは、インスタレーションの様子を写した写真をセレクト、編集し、それを順番立ててイメージを連続させ、過去の6つの展示を再構築した。この本には終わりがなく、明確な読み方もない。彼のいう[Interzone] - Nersonの作る空間の目的を説明するためのパラレルな経験を証明し、あるシーンの背景では何がおこっているのか考察する - という言葉で提唱される非線形の物語が展開されていく。本書を通して、Nersonの作った空間を思い出すことができ、さらにアーティストによる本という形の使い方に対する論理的な進歩を経験することができる。
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