{"id":6098,"title":"The Crystal Frontier ","dimensions":"24 x 24 cm, 256 p, language: English, publisher: JRP Ringier – (fragments published in Land of Crystal monographic publication on Mai-Thu Perret), ISBN: 978-3-905701-55-5","date_begin":"1999-01-01","material":"ink, paper","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":"2008-01-01","reference":"B 2010/340","stream_count_app":25,"permalink":"the-crystal-frontier","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,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/013/533/large/land_of_crystal.jpg?1406201924","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 1999 Mai-Thu Perret has been writing a story entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Crystal Frontier\u003c/em\u003e. This ongoing story follows a group of women disillusioned with capitalist society and patriarchal convention, who set up an autonomous community in the desert of New Mexico. This community called \u0026ldquo;New Ponderosa\u0026rdquo; is dedicated to the invention of a new, non-alienated relation to labor and nature. The novel is comprised of a series of discrete fictional texts that take various forms (including diary entries, letters, daily schedules, and song lyrics) written by commune members.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the narrative of \u003cem\u003eThe Crystal Frontier\u003c/em\u003e, Mai-Thu Perret creates objects, which she describes as the \u0026ldquo;hypothetical production\u0026rdquo; of the commune. Mai-Thu Perret examines the role and the function of her fiction in relation to the objects she makes and the exhibition environment in which they are displayed. These exhibitions consist mainly of works such as a monumental minimalist sculpture, a life-size papier-m\u0026acirc;ch\u0026eacute; group of women with children, her own texts, ceramic wall reliefs, flags and neon lights.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/ouvrage.php?id=1036\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinds 1999 schrijft Mai-Thu Perret aan een verhaal getiteld \u003cem\u003eThe Crystal Frontier\u003c/em\u003e. Dat lopende verhaal volgt een groep vrouwen die gedesillusioneerd zijn door de kapitalistische samenleving en de patriarchale conventies. De vrouwen stichten een autonome gemeenschap in de woestijn van New Mexico. \u0026lsquo;New Ponderosa\u0026rsquo; heeft tot doel de uitvinding van een nieuwe, onvervreemde relatie tot werk en natuur. De roman bestaat uit een reeks afzonderlijke fictieve teksten van de hand van communeleden en nemen verschillende vormen aan, waaronder dagboeknotities, brieven, dagplanningen en liedjesteksten.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehalve het verhaal van \u003cem\u003eThe Crystal Frontier\u003c/em\u003e maakt Mai-Thu Perret ook objecten, die ze beschrijft als de \u0026lsquo;hypothetische productie\u0026rsquo; van de commune. Perret onderzoekt de rol en de functie van haar fictie in relatie tot de objecten die ze maakt en de tentoonstellingsomgeving waarin ze worden gepresenteerd. Die tentoonstellingen bevatten hoofdzakelijk werken zoals een monumentale minimalistische sculptuur, een levensgrote groep vrouwen met kinderen in papier-m\u0026acirc;ch\u0026eacute;, haar eigen teksten, keramische muurreli\u0026euml;fs, vlaggen en neonlampen.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/ouvrage.php?id=1036\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[]}