{"product_id":"arthemist-lighthouse-48-why-tie-your-head-to-a-tree-when-no-one-is-looking-9788269279733","title":"ARTHEMIST lighthouse 48: Why tie your head to a tree, when no one is looking?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bjorn Veno | Hans-Georg Moeller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Veno Gard Kunst\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Veno Gard Kunst\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eARTHEMIST lighthouse 48 documents a year of performance actions by Norwegian artist \u003cstrong\u003eBjorn Veno\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a foreword by philosopher \u003cstrong\u003eHans-Georg Moeller\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross \u003cstrong\u003e54 filmed gestures\u003c\/strong\u003e, still images, and experimental poetry, the book becomes a ritual, an invitation to perceive beyond the surface of art and language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no fear of failure, no guardrails leading to success in these words and images. They fumble their way through darkness, into the uncaring embrace of the unknown, where \u003cstrong\u003ewords are eaten by fish\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShot and written on the island of Venoya, Lighthouse 48 merges photography, performance, text, and philosophy into a single act of creation. Each page oscillates between documentation and incantation, image and word, presence and absence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in Veno's philosophy of \u003cstrong\u003eArthemy\u003c\/strong\u003e, art as alchemy, the work challenges the commodification of art and the passive gaze of spectatorship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not a record of art made for display, but a\u003cstrong\u003e living archive \u003c\/strong\u003eof struggle, perception, and becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBjorn Veno (also spelled Bj rn Ven ) (b. 1979) is a multidisciplinary artist working with performance, photography, text, sound, and moving image. He received an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art (2012). His work has been exhibited at Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum and Fotografiens Hus, and at international institutions including the Norton Museum of Art and Museum Palazzo Riso.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book features 63 black and white still images from the 63-minute film ARTHEMIST lighthouse 48.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Veno Gard Kunst","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47593567158423,"sku":"9788269279733","price":3354.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788269279733.webp?v=1774982462","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/arthemist-lighthouse-48-why-tie-your-head-to-a-tree-when-no-one-is-looking-9788269279733","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}