Ensemble: 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 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.
Themes & Categories
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Works
>José María Parreño , Las guerras civiles , 1995.Book, Curator's Novel, 21,5 x 12,5 cm, 175 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Anaya & Mario Muchnik, Madrid, ISBN: 84-7979-314-7.
>Stefan Banz, Hell (Murder and other Works by Erich Hell), 2001.Book, Curator's Novel, Artist's Novel, 16 x 11,5 cm, p. 184 (German), 180 (English), language : German / English, publisher: Salon Verlag, Cologne / Kunstmuseum Luzern, ISBN:3-89770-117-0 (German version) | 3-89770-118-9 (English version).
>Gavin Wade, The Interruptors, 2005.Book, Curator's Novel, Artist's novel, 17.9 cm x 11 cm, 220 p, language : English, publisher : Article Press, ISBN : 1-873352-19-0.
>Rafael Doctor Roncero, Masticar los tallos de la flores regaladas, 2006.Book, Curator's Novel, 24 x 14 cm, 150 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Almuzara, Córdoba, ISBN: 84-88586-12-4.
>Hans den Hartog Jager, Maltus, 2006.Book, Curator's Novel, 21,5 x 13,5 cm, 220 p., language: Dutch, publisher: De Bezige Bij Amsterdam, ISBN: 90-234-2072-1.
>David Reinfurt (USA), Mark Aerial Waller (UK), Rosemary Heather (CAN), Heman Chong (SI), Leif Magne Tangen (NO), Steve Rushton (UK/NL), Francis McKee (IRL), Cosmin Costinas (RO), PHILIP, 2007.Book, ink, paper, 10.6 x 17.4 cm, 199 p, language: English, publisher: Project Press, Dublin, ISBN:1 872493211.
>Paul B. Preciado, Testo yonqui, 2008.Book, Curator's Novel, 22 x 14 cm, 348 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Anagrama, Barcelona, ISBN: 978-84-339-6453-3.
>Hu Fang, Garden of Mirrored Flowers, 2010.Book, Curator's Novel, 21 x 13 cm, 132 p., language: English, publisher: Sternberg Press, Berlin and Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou, ISBN: 978-1-934105-15-3.
>Tirdad Zolghadr , Solution 168–185: America, 2010.Book, Curator's Novel, 18 x 11,5 cm, 111 p., language: English, publisher: Sternberg Press, Berlin, ISBN: 978-1-933128-90-0.
>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.
>Lawrence Rinder , Colter Jacobsen , Tuleyome, 2011.Book, Curator's Novel, 15 x 20 cm, 76 p., language: English, publisher: Publication Studio, Portland.
>David Armengol, La gran aventura, 2011.Book, Curator's Novel, 18 x 10,5 cm, 134 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Can Felipa & Hangar, Barcelona.
>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.
>Martí Manen, Contarlo todo sin saber cómo , 2012.Book, Curator's Novel, 20 x 13 cm, 173 p., language: Spanish, publisher: CA2M, Madrid, ISBN: 978-84-451-3439-9.
>Tirdad Zolghadr , Plot, 2012.Book, Curator's Novel, 18 x 12,5 cm, 208 p., language: English, publisher: Sternberg Press, Berlin, ISBN: 978-3-943365-26-9.
>Francesco Pedraglio, The Object Lessons, 2012.Book, Curator's Novel, Artist's Novel, 18 x 11,5 cm, 192 p., language : English, publisher : MOUSSE Publishing, ISBN : 9788867490288.
>Lukasz Jastrubczak, Sebastian Cichocki, Miraż, 2012.Book, Curator's Novel, Artist's Novel, 19,1 cm x 12,8 cm, 115 p., language : Polish, publisher : Galeria Sztuki Wspólczesnej Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków, ISBN : 978-83-62224-21-0.
>Lukasz Gorczyca , Oskar Dawicki, Lukasz Ronduda , W Polowie Puste, 2013.Book, Curator's Novel, Artist's Novel, 21 cm x 14 cm, 333 p, language: Polish, publisher: Art Stations Foundation by Grazyna Kulczyk, ISBN: 978-83-927804-7-2.
>Francisco Baena, Luz corriente, 2014.Book, Curator's Novel, 19 x 13 cm, 237 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Pre-textos, Valencia. .
>Hu Fang, Dear Navigator, 2014.Book, Curator's Novel, 17,5 x 11,5 cm, 132 p., language: English, publisher: Sternberg Press, Berlin and The Pavilion, Beijing, ISBN: 978-3-95679-034-8.
>Hu Fang, Shopping Utopia , 2014.Book, Curator's Novel, 17,5 x 11,5 cm, 132 p., language: English, publisher: Sternberg Press, Berlin and The Pavilion, Beijing, ISBN: 978-3-95679-034-8.
>Francesco Pedraglio, A Man in a Room Spray-painting a Fly... (or at Least Trying to...), 2014.Book, Curator's Novel, Artist's Novel, 13 x 19 cm, 352 p., language : English, publisher : Book Works, ISBN : 978 1 906012 45 8.
>Tomás Ruiz-Rivas, Benidorm: Diario de un artista, 2016.Book, Curator's Novel, 23 x 15 cm, 173 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Antimuseo, Madrid, ISBN: 978-1519565365.
>David García Torres, Cielo, 2017.Book, Curator's Novel, 19 x 12,5 cm, 129 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Turner Publicaciones, Madrid, ISBN: 978-84-16354-44-3.
>Valentín Roma , El enfermero de Lenin, 2017.Book, Curator's Novel, 21 x 13,5 cm, 267 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Periférica, Cáceres, ISBN: 978-84-16291-46-5.
>Francis McKee, Even the Dead Rise Up , 2017.Book, Curator's Novel, 17,5 x 11,5 cm, 141 p., language: English, publisher: Book Works, London, ISBN: 978-1-906012-59-5.
>Jeanne Graff, Vzszhhzz, 2018.Book, Curator's Novel, 20 x 13,5 cm, 87 p., language: English, publisher: Semiotext(e), Los Angeles, ISBN: 978-1-63590-015-6.
>Sinziana Ravini, La diagonale du désir, 2018.Book, Curator's Novel, 21,5 x 13,5 cm, 364 p., language: French, publisher: Éditions Stock, Paris, ISBN: 978-2-234-08199-4.
>Valentín Roma , Retrato del futbolista adolescente , 2019.Book, Curator's Novel, 21 x 13,5 cm, 203 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Periférica, Cáceres, ISBN: 978-84-16291-80-9.
>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.
>Daniel Birnbaum, Dr. B., 2020.Book, Curator's Novel, 21,5 x 13,5 cm, 319 p., language: Nederlands, publisher: Querido, Amsterdam, ISBN: 9789021417448.
>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.
>Tiago de Abreu Pinto , Ignasi Aballi, Pasar página, 2021.Book, Curator's Novel, 21 x 14 cm, 140 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Athenaica, Sevilla, ISBN: 978-84-18239-43-4.
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>Lucy Rowland Lippard, I See/You Mean , 2021.Book, Curator's Novel, 21,5 x 14,5 cm, 221 p., language: English, publisher: New Documents, Los Angeles , ISBN: 978-1-953441-03-4.
>Valentín Roma , El capitalista simbólico , 2022.Book, Curator's Novel, 21 x 13,5 cm, 219 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Periférica, Cáceres, ISBN: 978-84-18838-18-7.
>Tomás Ruiz-Rivas, Meaningless / Sin sentido, 2022.Book, Curator's Novel, 23 x 15 cm, 186 p., language: Spanish, publisher: Antimuseo, Madrid, ISBN: 9798453278886.