"Is a non-remote horizon always a concealment? If a portion of sky has been carved and set loose to rest upon land, is it the result of an illegal language spoken in the town?" Ben Marcus, from A Horizon Grammar A hybrid of artist's book and catalog, this unique publication, designed in collaboration with the artist, is divided into three separate books. One features photographs of Sky-wreck, Mirra's conceptually multi-layered, 2001 installation at the Renaissance Society, accompanied by an essay from Hamza Walker which explicates Sky-wreck'stangled mathematical, visual and poetic aspects, and how these interwoven forms of signification within the piece ultimately "question the ability for that which is unfathomable to assume representation." Another section contains reproductions of Mirra's earlier work, meditated on from a more personal standpoint by poet and friend of Mirra, Jen Bervin, with footnotes from Mirra herself. The third section is an intensely beautiful collaboration between Mirra and experimental fiction writer Ben Marcus, juxtaposing Mirra's exquisite working drawings for Sky-wreck with Marcus's surreal poetic response to them entitled A Horizon Grammar.

Helen Mirra: Sky-wreck

Helen Mirra

Arts & Photography

Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago

ESCRITURA-A-TRAVES.

MERVE VERLAG

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Helen Mirra. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Helen Mirra

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Helen Mirra. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Helen Mirra: Sky-wreck

ESCRITURA-A-TRAVES.