Charles Stankievech

The Desert Turned to Glass

By: Dehlia Hannah (Editor), Nadim Samman (Editor), Barbara Sherwood Lollar (Text by), Charles Stankievech (Text by), David Lewis-Williams (Text by)

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Paperback | 21 June 2024

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192 Pages

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27.1 x 24.4 x 1.8

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The Desert Turned to Glass is a place where the cosmic and chthonic collide. Commemorating the centenary of the planetarium as an architectural type, this book collects a new body of work by acclaimed Canadian artist Charles Stankievech. Thematically, the project explores alternative theories concerning the origin of life, consciousness, and art—bridging the cosmological visions of cave art and the modern technology of the planetarium.

Richly illustrated, the book pairs images of Stankievech's installations and cinematic works with newly commissioned writings by geologists, exobiologists, philosophers and archeologists. Spanning the abyss of space and the depths of the earth, The Desert Turned to Glass is an epic meditation on origins, endings, and infinity.

About the Author

The work of Canadian artist CHARLES STANKIEVECH (*1978) interweaves the sublime landscape, geopolitics, and technology through a practice of fieldwork. Combining installation, cinema and curatorial methods, his projects create architectures of immersive experience.

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