The Curator's Novel

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This Ensemble is the result of a research project on the curator's novel, carried out by The Book Lovers (artist David Maroto and curator Joanna Zielińska). The curator's novel is a term that refers to those instances in which a curator employs their novel as a mediating device. Whereas some curators conceive the creation of their novel within the limits of a literary ambition (and, in that sense, would not be different from any other literary novel), others employ it as a curatorial tool that enables them to engage with their own practice by means of narrative, fiction, imagination, identification, and a deceleration of the artistic experience.

From that viewpoint, the curator’s novel could be said to operate similarly to the artist’s novel.

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La misma orilla

Francisco Baena, La misma orilla, 2020. Book, Curator's Novel, 19 x 13 cm, 237 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Pre-textos, Valencia, ISBN: 978-84-18178-37-5.

Softcore

Tirdad Zolghadr , Softcore , 2010. Book, Curator's Novel, 21 x 12,5 cm, 201 p., language: German, publisher: Süddeutsche Zeitung, München, ISBN: 978-3-86615-800-9.

Even When Fall Is Here

Erick Meyenberg, Ruth Estévez, Even When Fall Is Here, 2019. Book, Curator's Novel, 26 x 19 cm, 141 p., language : English, Spanish, publisher : haudenschildGarage, San Diego, CA & Doppelhouse Press, Los Angeles, CA, ISBN : 978-1-7339579-1-5.

New Dystopia

Mark von Schlegell , New Dystopia , 2011. Book, Curator's Novel, 19 x 13 cm, 271 p., language: English, publisher: Sternberg Press, Berlin, ISBN: 978-1-934105-54-2.

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Lukasz Jastrubczak

Gavin Wade

Lawrence Rinder

Lukasz Ronduda

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The Curator's Novel

This Ensemble is the result of a research project on the curator's novel, carried out by The Book Lovers (artist David Maroto and curator Joa