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The collectors box includes the book, a flag and a numbered and signed photograph
Publisher Note english german
About the book
In contrast to Mount Everest, the highest point on earth and sometimes referred to as the Third Pole, the Fourth Pole is the lowest continental point. In its present form, it was created only in the recent past by the steady decline of the Dead Sea and is located in the West Bank in Palestine —
a terrain that is shaped like no other by decades of political struggles between religions and countries. The expedition shifts the biased perspective onto this terrain by declaring the region
a Pole and, in so doing, it opens an imaginary space that is not so much defined by national co- ordinates as by topographical and autobiographical ones. Paradoxically, with the Fourth Pole, the two explorers produce a place that is unknown to them and may have to remain so. Accordingly, the text they generate during their expedition breaks off before they reach their destination.
The text is written in four languages – Arabic, German, English and Hebrew – which make their way from the front and back covers to the centre of the book.
About the Artists
Julia Wirsching (*1985 in Neu-Ulm) lives and works in Stuttgart. In her interdisciplinary works, Wir- sching develops situations that turn visitors into playful accomplices of intimacy and publicity. Her performances, videos, drawings and installations are created in the field of tension of dealing with an existing context and connecting it with her own experiences.
Her works have been shown, among others, in: Württembergischer Kunstverein (DE), Nida Art Colony (LT), Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (FR), Manifesta 11, Cabaret der Künstler (CH), ZAZ Performance Festival Tel Aviv (IL), LetMeIn Festival Berlin (DE), Soma Galery, Curitiba (BRA) Kunst- verein Hildesheim (DE).
www.juliawirsching.com
Gabriel Hensche (*1986 in Dresden) lives and works in Stuttgart and Berlin. Hensche‘s performan- ces, installations and video works enter into a dialogue with the situation and the circumstances from which they emerge. These works often move in a space between fiction and reality. They question contemporary belief systems and explanatory models in order to explore possibilities for community and coexistence.
His work has been supported and shown by various cultural actors, among them: Kunst-Werken Berlin (DE), Project Anywhere (NY), B-Tour Festival (DE, SBR), Nida Art Colony (LT), Cité Internati- onale des Arts, Paris (FR), Württembergischer Kunstverein (DE), Manifesta 11, Cabaret der Künstler (CH), Art Cube Jerusalem (IL), Sinnopale (TR), Viafarini (IT) Brooklyn Film Festival (US), Slamdance Film Festival (US).
Since 2017, Hensche and Wirsching have been involved as managing directors*in the establishment of Campus Gegenwart - a centre for transdisciplinary work at the HMDK/ABK Stuttgart. www.gabrielhensche.com
Burrow is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Berlin and Zurich. The three designers - Philipp Koller, Lukas Küng and Giulia Schelm - are currently venturing into the design of multilingual publications and identities.
www.im-burrow.com
The four languages make their way from the front and back covers to the centre of the book.
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Release Place |
Munich,
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Zurich, Switzerland |
Release Date | October 2019 |
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Inscription | numbered |
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Topics | Expedition, Geography, Palästina, Territory |
Language | English, German, Hebrew, Arabic |
Object | Book |
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Format | softcover |
Binding | thread stitching |
Dimensions | 10.5 × 14.8 cm |
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Pages | 132 |
Content | Text, 20 Drawings |