{"product_id":"homecomings-1-2-3-etc","title":"homecomings 1,2,3,etc.","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is lost and what is found in the process of returning home? \u003cem\u003ehomecomings\u003c\/em\u003e revisits, through varying means of translation, spatial and conceptual loci of homecoming within artistic practice. The exhibition and symposium series, from which this publication stems, draws its principle inspiration from the architectural and linguistic returns and repetitions punctuating artist Hreinn Friðfinnsson’s \u003cem\u003eHouse Project\u003c\/em\u003e (1974–) and author Georges Perec’s \u003cem\u003eEspèces d’espaces\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eSpecies of Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e, 1974).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1974, through an ephemeral gesture, Friðfinnsson claimed the whole universe within the site of a small house, turned inside-out, in the middle of an Icelandic lava field. Encountered only through happenstance or hearsay, a timeless lore grew around the house. \u003cem\u003eHouse Project\u003c\/em\u003e became a resonating series of works, appearing in multiple iterations, inversions, and reductions in form. Also in 1974, Georges Perec set out to approach the topic of space, creating a telescopic “journal of a user of space” by layering deliberate and protracted observation with writing constraints and wordplay. Perec starts with the page and zooms outward to space itself, always mirroring and reflecting the influx of the everyday in his call to read and reread surrounding spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTesting the concept of “homecomings” against a number of artistic practices, this volume grows out of an imperative to act according to the referentiality hallmarked in the conceptually rigorous works of Friðfinnsson and Perec. \u003cem\u003ehomecomings 1, 2, 3, etc.\u003c\/em\u003e opens a flood of personal wellsprings, where no two connotations align perfectly. The collected contributions oscillate between self-referential modes—creating full-circle loops within singular practices—and far-reaching trajectories, gaining momentum and associations upon every rereading. Like Perec, many works call for an attuned presence, and in so doing, proffer a homecoming at the very site of reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archive Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46772186808650,"sku":"9783943620733","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/Homecomings.jpg?v=1684843906","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/homecomings-1-2-3-etc","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}