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APOGEE- a Compilation of Solitude, Ecology and Recreation edited by nŭans (368 pages / 270 pictures / cover with Indian handmade paper/ published by revolver Oct. 2011) "The invention of the ship was also the invention of the shipwreck."(Paul Virilio) APOGEE is the place in the universe that is the most distant to the earth and is a mathematical quantity and allegory for absolute seclusion. In March 2010, nŭans was located in three different time zones. Thus the search of ideas and material for a book project started. Further relocations followed and with each city we hit upon further ideas, people and contributions. Within the following year we presented at different locations a preview of the book, that was still growing even in the final stages of completion. Gradually, an expansive archipelago has developed. Finally APOGEE gathers contributions of 80 artists and authors dealing with the topics of isolation, islands and fluctuation. Nŭans is an artists collective organized by Anna Heidenhain, Elmar Hermann and Maki Umehara in Istanbul, Turkey and Dŭsseldorf, Germany. Nŭans finds specific locations that fit the context of each event. The projects are designed to work in an interdisciplinary way in order to bring about an exchange of ideas between a wide array of collaboratos. |
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