[{"id":20797,"title":"The Black Flame of Paradise","dimensions":"20 x 15 cm, 160 p., language : English, publisher : Mousse Publishing , ISBN : 9788867493395","date_begin":"2018-01-01","material":"ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":141,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp ","cached_tag_list":"artist novel book","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2029/824","stream_count_app":15,"permalink":"the-black-flame-of-paradise","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/000/043/249/medium_500/BFP_cover.jpeg?1548177362","cached_actor_names":"Zachary Cahill","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/000/043/249/large/BFP_cover.jpeg?1548177362","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Black Flame of Paradise\u003c/em\u003e is an epistolary novel addressed to the citizens of the fictional country, the USSA. Written in a mode that is at once autobiographical and religious, the book examines\u0026nbsp; notions of heaven and the afterlife primarily through a narrative about the loss of the artist\u0026rsquo;s mother to Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s disease. A central concept running throughout the text is the phrase \u0026ldquo;life without consanguinity,\u0026rdquo; a plea for reconceiving society beyond the logic of blood relations. \u0026nbsp;The novel also features a preface by renowned philosopher Catherine Malabou. \u003cem\u003eThe Black Flame of Paradise\u003c/em\u003e is Zachary Cahill\u0026rsquo;s first 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\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Black Flame of Paradise\u003c/em\u003e is conceived of as the \u0026ldquo;holy book\u0026rdquo; of the Assembly, state-church of the USSA. The narration runs parallel to several exhibition projects that took place between 2015\u0026ndash;17 and excerpts from the novel were included in the exhibition. The novel, the art objects, and performances all comprise the USSA Assembly. At the end of the novel is a series of plates featuring exhibitions, performances and related art works from the USSA Assembly project.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.moussepublishing.com/?product=black-flame-paradise\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]}]