[{"id":5313,"title":"Illusion","dimensions":"13 x 20 cm, 222 p, language: Spanish, publisher: CreateSpace, ISBN:13: 978-1456599225, 10: 1456599224","date_begin":"2011-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":7,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2024/862","stream_count_app":48,"permalink":"illusion","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/010/665/large/Artistnovel_085.jpg?1342081919","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTarot Arcane VI, The Lover, depicts a young man lost in indecision between two options. His eyes point to a woman, whilst his arms are directed towards another. Even his clothes, a multicolored doublet, reflect his state of internal division. The protagonist of \u003cem\u003eIllusion \u003c/em\u003eis also immersed in a process of progressive fragmentation, leading to an unpredictable end. The narrator tells a story that happened to him time ago, when he was in his twenties, in which he goes through a series of experiences that he, at that moment, was not in conditions to understand. It is only in retrospective that he is able to give account of it. In Illusion, characters are not aware of their being constantly changing and redefining in relation to their environment and the others. This alienating nature goes to an extreme with the protagonist, who is always in the need of a model to imitate. The problem is that, the closer he is of that model, the more he enters in competition with it in order to attain the object of their desires.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo make \u003cem\u003eIllusion\u003c/em\u003e, Maroto departed from preexisting narrative works of his own production, such as sound pieces, video animations, leporellos, installations... He then removed their sound and visual components, so that eventually it resulted in a collection of loose narrative texts, which he took as the basic materials to write \u003cem\u003eIllusion\u003c/em\u003e. All these pieces were integrated wihtin the text of \u003cem\u003eIllusion\u003c/em\u003e, which became in this way a sort of patchwork of different, unconnected art pieces whose seams might not be obvious at first sight. Conversely, as the writing of \u003cem\u003eIllusion \u003c/em\u003eprogressed, it gave way to new, autonomous projects. The reader of \u003cem\u003eIllusion \u003c/em\u003ehas two options. She can read it as a regular novel, with a storyline, characters, and so on. But there is also the option to get an expanded reading experience, by relating each passage to each particular work from where it comes. Those works are, in turn, also made of fragments of images and sounds, which refer to other pictures, texts and so on. \u003cem\u003eIllusion \u003c/em\u003ethus functions as the axis of a constellation of narrative works that ultimately refer their meaning to it. The project does not end with the publication of the book. A new dimension begins with it, because the meaning of a novel is to be read. It only exists in the here and now when someone is reading it. This simple performative act, that of reading, is the basis of a number of art projects that develop around the book, such as the Illusion Reading Room (11th Havana Biennial, 2012) and the Illusion Buzzword Bingo (Artium Museum, Spain, 2012).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.davidmaroto.info/Illusion\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTarot Arcane VI, De Geliefden, beeldt een jongeman af die verstrikt raakt in twijfel tussen twee opties. Zijn ogen zijn gericht op een vrouw, terwijl zijn armen naar een andere reiken. Zelfs zijn kleren, een veelkleurige wambuis, weerspiegelen zijn toestand van innerlijke verdeeldheid. Het hoofdpersonage van \u003cem\u003eIllusion \u003c/em\u003eis ondergedompeld in een proces van progressieve fragmentatie, richting een onvoorspelbaar einde. De verteller heeft het over wat hem lang geleden gebeurde, toen hij een twintiger was en een reeks ervaringen meemaakte die hij toen niet kon duiden. Het is pas achteraf dat hij er een relaas van kan maken. De personages in *Illusion* zijn zich niet bewust van de voortdurende veranderende aard van zichzelf en de relatie met hun omgeving en de anderen. Die bevreemdende aard toont zich vooral bij het hoofdpersonage, dat altijd op zoek is naar een model om te imiteren. Het probleem is dat hoe dichter hij dat model nadert, hoe meer hij ermee in competitie treedt om het doel van hun verlangens te bereiken.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVoor het maken van\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eIllusion \u003c/em\u003e vertrok Maroto van enkele eigen bestaande verhalende werken, zoals geluidsproducties, video-animaties, leporello\u0026rsquo;s, installaties, enzovoort. Vervolgens haalde hij hun geluid en hun visuele componenten weg, zodat hij overbleef met een verzameling losse verhalende teksten. Met die basismaterialen schreef hij \u003cem\u003eIllusion\u003c/em\u003e. Al die werken werden ge\u0026iuml;ntegreerd in de tekst, dat zo een soort van lappendeken werd van verschillende, niet met elkaar verbonden kunstwerken, met naden die op het eerste zich niet zo duidelijk zijn. Omgekeerd bracht het schrijven van op zich nieuwe, autonome projecten voort. De lezer van \u003cem\u003eIllusion \u003c/em\u003e heeft twee opties. Hij of zij kan het lezen als een gewone roman, met een plot, personages en zo meer. Maar er is ook de optie van de verhoogde leeservaring, door elke passage te verbinden met elk specifiek werk waar die vandaan komt. Die werken zijn, op hun beurt, gemaakt van fragmenten van beelden en geluiden, die verwijzen naar andere beelden, teksten en zo verder. \u003cem\u003eIllusion \u003c/em\u003e functioneert als de as van een constellatie aan verhalende werken die er hun mening aan ontlenen. De publicatie van het boek betekent niet het einde van het project. Er begint dan net een nieuwe dimensie, want de betekenis van een roman ligt in het lezen ervan. De betekenis bestaat alleen in het hier en nu wanneer iemand ze leest. Die eenvoudige handeling, lezen, is het vertrekpunt van een aantal kunstprojecten die zich rond het boek ontwikkelen, zoals Illusion Reading Room (op de 11de Bi\u0026euml;nnale van Havana, 2012) en Illusion Buzzword Bingo (Artium Museum in Spanje, 2012).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.davidmaroto.info/Illusion\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":11818,"title":"The Wheel of Fortune","dimensions":"13 x 20 cm, 220 p, language: English, publisher: Jap Sam Books, ISBN: 978-94-90322-49-6","date_begin":"2014-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":11,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp ","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2026/626","stream_count_app":24,"permalink":"the-wheel-of-fortune","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/024/784/large/Wheel-of-Fortune.jpg?1409954987","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart story, part game, this is a book with a difference \u0026ndash; one in which you become the protagonist. Inspired by Marcel Proust\u0026rsquo;s \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c/em\u003e and Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u0026rsquo;s \u003cem\u003eThe Gambler\u003c/em\u003e, the action is set in a hotel casino on the coast of Normandy. \u003cem\u003eThe Wheel of Fortune\u003c/em\u003e recovers the \u0026lsquo;Choose Your Own Adventure\u0026rsquo; gamebook \u0026ndash; very popular in the early 1990s, right before the advent of the Internet. You, the reader, are responsible for the protagonist\u0026rsquo;s vicissitudes. The narrative changes according to your decisions, the actions you carry out and your interaction with other characters inside the book. Sometimes you will need to try your luck to decide on different situations and to play the games that are offered in the story, like French roulette and . . . Russian roulette. Death, chance, desire and arcane knowledge will unfold as you explore the multiple narrative paths and the unknown that lies ahead.\u003cbr /\u003eNow turn the page . . .\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wheel of Fortune\u003c/em\u003e is at the centre of an art project, a constellation of works that share the same particular crossover between game and narrative by other means: Decide Your Destiny, a collective game event; La Escala de la Vida, an installation; and the Game Group Reading Club (GGRC), a project that gathered a heterogeneous group of game designers and theoreticians, graphic designers, writers, artists, curators, philosophers and translators, in order to discuss the project and give their feedback whilst the gamebook was in the making. Each session a guest speaker introduced a new text for discussion. GGRC sessions were structured around notions such as artist writings, participation in art, the relation between art and games and the very concept of open process. GGRC incorporates elements for collective reflection and playing, and it takes Roland Barthes\u0026rsquo; \u003cem\u003eThe Preparation of the Novel\u003c/em\u003e as main reference.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.davidmaroto.info/The-Wheel-of-Fortune\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://japsambooks.nl/en/books/forthcoming-titles/the-wheel-of-fortune/128\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website2\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":8241,"title":"The South Highway","dimensions":"17 x 11 cm, 128 p, language: English, publisher: Dutch Art Institute and CasCo–Office for Art, Design and Theory, ISBN: 978-94-90294-53-3","date_begin":"2013-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/867","stream_count_app":26,"permalink":"the-south-highway","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/019/110/large/Artistnovel_8241.jpg?1380751932","poster_credits":"(c)image: David Maroto","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe South Highway\u003c/em\u003e is based on the Argentinian writer Julio Cort\u0026aacute;zar\u0026rsquo;s short story \u003cem\u003eLa Autopista del Sur\u003c/em\u003e. The protagonist gets stuck in a traffic jam in the middle of a highway. Soon we realize that the traffic jam lasts too long, days, weeks, perhaps months. People who by chance got stuck close to each other are compelled by sheer need to join forces: to find water and food, to help the weak and ill ones, and so on. Groups are organized and communities are created. Personal relations also arise, stories of love and desire, jealousy, fights and friendship. After a long, though undefined period of time, the traffic jam ends and cars are free to move forward again. As it happens, those temporary communities get dispersed again, and with it all the created bonds and relationships. The characters confront the fact that they have to recover their old identities.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe South Highway\u003c/em\u003e is written in the fashion of the \u0026ldquo;Choose Your Own Adventure\u0026rdquo; books (very popular amongst teenagers in the late 1980s and early 1990s, right before the advent of the Internet). Its main characteristic is that it is written in the second person. The protagonist is not referred to as \u0026ldquo;he\u0026rdquo; or \u0026ldquo;she,\u0026rdquo; but as \u0026ldquo;you.\u0026rdquo; You, the reader, are the one to choose the course of the narrative. The book is divided into 75 sections. At the end of each section you will be given a number of options to continue the story. Depending on your choice, you will jump to one section or another. The narrative changes according to your decisions on the path to follow, the actions to carry out, and the answers to give to other characters. It is you who interact with the others inside the book, and thus are responsible for the protagonist\u0026rsquo;s vicissitudes. The protagonist\u0026rsquo;s behavior, and ultimately the outcome of the game, is the result of the combination between the character\u0026rsquo;s pre-established personality parameters as they come from Cort\u0026aacute;zar\u0026rsquo;s piece and the player\u0026rsquo;s autonomous decisions.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.davidmaroto.info/The-South-Highway\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe South Highway\u003c/em\u003e is gebaseerd op het kortverhaal \u003cem\u003eLa Autopista del Sur\u003c/em\u003e van de Argentijnse schrijver Julio Cort\u0026aacute;zar. De protagonist raakt vast in een file in het midden van een autosnelweg. Al snel ontdekken we dat het verkeer veel te lang stil staat: dagen, weken, misschien zelfs maanden. Mensen die toevallig in elkaars buurt zijn beland, zijn veroordeeld om de krachten te bundelen: om aan water en eten te geraken, om zieken en verzwakten te helpen, enzoverder. Ze organiseren zich in groepen en er ontstaan zelfs heuse gemeenschappen. Er ontwikkelen zich ook tal van menselijke relaties: liefde en romantiek, maar ook jaloersheden, ruzies en vriendschappen. Na (ongedefinieerd) lange tijd, komt er een einde aan de verkeersopstopping en kunnen auto\u0026rsquo;s eindelijk terug aan het rijden. Op dat moment verbrokkelen die tijdelijke contacten opnieuw en daarmee ook de recent aangegane verbintenissen en relaties. De personages moeten opnieuw hun oude identiteiten opnemen.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe South Highway\u003c/em\u003e is geschreven zoals de \u0026ldquo;Choose Your Own Adventure\u0026rdquo;-boeken (zeer populair bij tieners in de laten jaren 80 en vroege jaren 90, net voor de opkomst van het internet). Het belangrijkste stijlkenmerk is dat het geschreven is in de tweede persoon. De protagonist is niet aangeduid met \u0026ldquo;hij\u0026rdquo; of \u0026ldquo;zij\u0026rdquo;, maar met \u0026ldquo;jij\u0026rdquo;. Jij, de lezer, bent degene die het verloop van het verhaal kiest. Het boek is verdeeld in 75 secties. Aan het einde van elke sectie krijg je een aantal mogelijkheden om het verhaal verder te zetten. Afhankelijk van je keuze spring je van de ene mogelijkheid naar de andere. Het verhaal verandert naargelang de beslissingen die jij neemt over het te volgen pad, de handelingen die moeten gebeuren en de antwoorden die aan andere personages moeten gegeven worden. Jij bent het die met de anderen in het boek interageert en jij bent het dus die verantwoordelijk is voor de schommelingen van de protagonist. Het gedrag van de protagonist, en uiteindelijk ook het resultaat van het spel, is het gevolg van de combinatie tussen de intrinsieke persoonlijkheidskenmerken van het personage uit het kortverhaal van Cort\u0026aacute;zar en de autonome beslissingen van de speler.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.davidmaroto.info/The-South-Highway\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":24118,"title":"The Artist's Novel. The Novel as a Medium in the Visual Arts - Part I : A New Medium","dimensions":"20.7 x 15.3 cm, 281 p., language : English, publisher : Mousse Publishing, Milano, ISBN : 978-88-6749-422-4","date_begin":"2019-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp ","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2030/417","stream_count_app":11,"permalink":"the-artist-s-novel-the-novel-as-a-medium-in-the-visual-arts-part-i-a-new-medium","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/051/496/medium_500/part_1_cover.jpg?1583745330","cached_actor_names":"David Maroto","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/051/496/large/part_1_cover.jpg?1583745330","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhy do artists write novels? What does the artist\u0026rsquo;s novel do to the visual arts? How should such a novel be experienced? \u003ci\u003eThe Artist\u0026rsquo;s Novel: The Novel as a Medium in the Visual Arts\u003c/i\u003e finds its momentum in the current international art scene, where the debate about the hybridisation of visual arts and literature is becoming increasingly prominent. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of visual artists who create novels as part of their wider art projects. They do so in order to address artistic issues by means of novelistic devices, favouring a sort of art predicated on process and subjectivity, introducing notions such as fiction, narrative, and imagination. In this sense, it is possible to speak of a new medium in the visual arts; yet, very little is known about it. This two-volume publication is the first to explore in depth the subject of the artist\u0026rsquo;s novel.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePart 1: \u003ci\u003eA New Medium\u003c/i\u003e aims to elucidate the pressing questions posed by the emergence of a new artistic medium with a theoretical approach to a number of key case studies (Benjamin Seror\u0026rsquo;s \u003cem\u003eMime Radio\u003c/em\u003e, Cally Spooner\u0026rsquo;s \u003cem\u003eCollapsing in Parts\u003c/em\u003e,\u0026nbsp;Mai-Thu Perret\u0026rsquo;s\u003cem\u003e The Crystal Frontier\u003c/em\u003e, and Goldin+Senneby\u0026rsquo;s \u003cem\u003eHeadless\u003c/em\u003e), which critically examines the different ways contemporary artists have employed the artist\u0026rsquo;s novel. The intention is not to fix a definition of what the artist\u0026rsquo;s novel is, but rather to situate it within the broader field of the visual arts in the hopes of sparking a much-needed discussion about a practice that has long been ignored by the main critical strands in art discourse.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.moussepublishing.com/?product=/the-artists-novel-a-new-medium/\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":24119,"title":"The Artist's Novel. The Novel as a Medium in the Visual Arts - Part II : The Fantasy of the Novel","dimensions":"20.7 x 15.3 cm, 289 p., language : English, publisher : Mousse Publishing, Milano, ISBN : 978-88-6749-425-5","date_begin":"2019-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":141,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":7,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2030/418","stream_count_app":24,"permalink":"the-artist-s-novel-the-novel-as-a-medium-in-the-visual-arts-part-ii-the-fantasy-of-the-novel","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/051/497/medium_500/part_2_cover.jpg?1583745285","cached_actor_names":"David Maroto","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/051/497/large/part_2_cover.jpg?1583745285","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhy do artists write novels? What does the artist\u0026rsquo;s novel do to the visual arts? How should such a novel be experienced? \u003ci\u003eThe Artist\u0026rsquo;s Novel: The Novel as a Medium in the Visual Arts\u003c/i\u003e finds its momentum in the current international art scene, where the debate about the hybridisation of visual arts and literature is becoming increasingly prominent. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of visual artists who create novels as part of their wider art projects. They do so in order to address artistic issues by means of novelistic devices, favouring a sort of art predicated on process and subjectivity, introducing notions such as fiction, narrative, and imagination. In this sense, it is possible to speak of a new medium in the visual arts; yet, very little is known about it. This two-volume publication (along with \u003ca href=\"http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/24118\"\u003ePart 1: \u003cem\u003eA New Medium\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e) is the first to explore in depth the subject of the artist\u0026rsquo;s novel.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePart 2: \u003ci\u003eThe Fantasy of the Novel\u003c/i\u003e is a research project in the form of a novel, which examines the process of creation of an artist\u0026rsquo;s novel that came about through five episodic performances and an exhibition. The protagonist is in the position of a detective who tries to understand the conditions under which an artist decides to write, and how such a thing is possible within an artistic setting. His discoveries appear in the form of clues that connect all the different layers of the research.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003eThe Fantasy of the Novel\u003c/i\u003e tells the story of each of the six instalments and how they were the product of a collective effort. The creative process of the artist\u0026rsquo;s novel was affected by the conditions under which it was produced, including intersubjective relationships usually invisible to audiences. This book narrates the trajectory from the artist\u0026rsquo;s fantasy (how the artist initially envisioned his novel existing in the world) to the reality of the work (how it is actually read and received). The narrative gets increasingly intricate chapter by chapter, connecting recurring images, references, and ideas that reflect the rich complexity of the overall project.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOla, Moreau, Ramona\u003c/em\u003e is an installation of mural paintings (220x150 cm each, approx) that David Maroto made for the\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://biennalewarszawa.pl/en/wystawa-artystow-zagranicznych-mieszkajacych-w-polsce/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBiennale Warszawa\u003c/a\u003e, in 2019. This group of images have\u0026nbsp;been extracted from the illustrations that the artist made for his research novel\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eThe Fantasy of the Novel\u003c/i\u003e. Each of them is accompanied by a framed excerpt from the novel, which contextualises the images in the common narrative they belong to. Spiralling movements, dance, and twisted banisters are the visual and narrative motifs that connect the three paintings.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.moussepublishing.com/?product=/the-artists-novel-the-fantasy-of-the-novel/\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":32075,"title":"Not All Of Me Will Die (An oral novella)","dimensions":"21 x 15 cm, 80 p., language : English, publisher : David Maroto, Rotterdam, Artist's copy 3/3, ISBN: 978-90-9034503-1","date_begin":"2021-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":141,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":11,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"Artist novel ; Artist publication ; Artist book","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2031/437","stream_count_app":37,"permalink":"not-all-of-me-will-die-an-oral-novella","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/194/medium_500/NAoMWD-05.jpg?1649673312","cached_actor_names":"David Maroto","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/194/large/NAoMWD-05.jpg?1649673312","poster_credits":"David Maroto","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot All of Me Will Die\u003c/i\u003e is a fictocritical novella, a reflection on death, memory, writing, and the desire of posterity.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot All of Me Will Die\u003c/i\u003e\u0026nbsp;exists as an original handwritten manuscript that is published by means of performance. During this performance, David Maroto dictates it to an audience. Following this pre-Gutenberg method, the novella is published and distributed in as many copies as people take part of the performance. Each participant receives a blank book to write in. At the end of the performance, they will have acquired their own handwritten copy, both unique and equal to the others at the same time.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003eNot All of Me Will Die\u003c/i\u003e has been performed at the following venues:\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n17 April 2021. \u003ca href=\"http://indexfoundation.se/talks-and-events/performance-david-maroto-not-all-of-me-will-die\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIndex, The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation\u003c/a\u003e. Stockholm, 10 copies.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n17 June 2021. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ensa-bourges.fr/index.php/en/la-box/2016-2017/box-programmation-2020-2021/7614-live-among-and-turn-together\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGalerie La Box\u003c/a\u003e. Bourges, 7 copies.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n29 January 2022. \u003ca href=\"https://hetwildeweten.nl/space/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHet Wilde Weten\u003c/a\u003e. Rotterdam, 10 copies.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.davidmaroto.info/Not-All-of-Me-Will-Die-Rotterdam\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]}]