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Disaster Guide
By Aleksandra Mir, 1998
Program for Cinema for the Unemployed: Hollywood Disaster Movies 1970–1997, Moss, 1998
Original print edition: 1,000
Edited by Aleksandra Mir and Onome Ekeh
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Program for Cinema for the Unemployed: Hollywood Disaster Movies 1970–1997, Moss, 1998
Original print edition: 1,000
Edited by Aleksandra Mir and Onome Ekeh
Download it HERE
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Bingo Blues
By Aleksandra Mir, 1998
Commissioned by Transmission, Glasgow, 1998
28 King Street
Glasgow G1 5QP- UK
www.transmissiongallery.org
Original print edition: 1,000
45RPM / Design by valerie Wagner
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Listen to it HERE
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Commissioned by Transmission, Glasgow, 1998
28 King Street
Glasgow G1 5QP- UK
www.transmissiongallery.org
Original print edition: 1,000
45RPM / Design by valerie Wagner
Download it HERE
Listen to it HERE
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Living & Loving #1—The Biography of Donald Cappy
By Aleksandra Mir, 2002
Commissioned by Polly Staple, Cubitt, London, 2002
Published by Cubitt, London and Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
8 Angel Mews
London N1 9HH - UK
www.cubittartists.org.uk
Original print edition: 5,000
ISBN: 0-9532765-1-1
32 pages; A3; full color
The project is the public dissemination of one ordinary man's extraordinary life. It was distributed for FREE from Cubitt, London in 2002 and from the DCA, Dundee in 2003. Donald's life story was further disseminated through collaborating art spaces throughout the world which received a surprise gift of 100 to give away.
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Commissioned by Polly Staple, Cubitt, London, 2002
Published by Cubitt, London and Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
8 Angel Mews
London N1 9HH - UK
www.cubittartists.org.uk
Original print edition: 5,000
ISBN: 0-9532765-1-1
32 pages; A3; full color
The project is the public dissemination of one ordinary man's extraordinary life. It was distributed for FREE from Cubitt, London in 2002 and from the DCA, Dundee in 2003. Donald's life story was further disseminated through collaborating art spaces throughout the world which received a surprise gift of 100 to give away.
Download it HERE
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Living & Loving #2—The Biography of Zoe Stillpass
By Aleksandra Mir, 2004
Commissioned by Polly Staple, London, 2004
Published by Frieze Art Fair
Regent's Park
London EC2A 3AY - UK
www.friezeartfair.com
Original print edition: 10,000
ISBN: 0-952741466
24 pages; A3; full color
The project is the public dissemination of one ordinary woman's extraordinary life, as told by her parents. It was distributed for FREE from Frieze Art Fair, Regent's Park, London, 15-18 October 2004.
Download it HERE
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Commissioned by Polly Staple, London, 2004
Published by Frieze Art Fair
Regent's Park
London EC2A 3AY - UK
www.friezeartfair.com
Original print edition: 10,000
ISBN: 0-952741466
24 pages; A3; full color
The project is the public dissemination of one ordinary woman's extraordinary life, as told by her parents. It was distributed for FREE from Frieze Art Fair, Regent's Park, London, 15-18 October 2004.
Download it HERE
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Living & Loving #3—The Biography of Mitchell Wright
By Aleksandra Mir, 2006Commissioned by Polly Staple, London, 2006
Published by White Columns
West 13th Street
New York, NY-10014
www.whitecolumns.org
Original print edition: 5,000
ISBN: 0-9552848 / ISBN: 978-0-9552848-0-9
24 pages; A3; full color
The project is the public dissemination of one ordinary man's extraordinary life. Originally printed in an edition of 5,000 copies, it was distributed for FREE from White Columns, 320 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10014, June 2006.
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Man with Artificial Heart
By Aleksandra Mir, 2002
Published by Aleksandra Mir, NYC
Original print edition: 42
14 pages; 5.5 x 8"; full color
A poem after a NY Times article by Lawrence K. Altman, Saturday, December 1, 2001. Printed on my inkjet at home as a gift for my friends for Valentine's Day.
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Published by Aleksandra Mir, NYC
Original print edition: 42
14 pages; 5.5 x 8"; full color
A poem after a NY Times article by Lawrence K. Altman, Saturday, December 1, 2001. Printed on my inkjet at home as a gift for my friends for Valentine's Day.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2002
Published by Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NYC & greengrassi, London
Original print edition: 1,000
56 pages; A3; two color
New York's Hometown Newspaper. Printed in an edition of 1000 on the first anniversary of '9-11', to reclaim my birthday on the same day. Based on an open editorial policy which aimed at confronting the media control of original 9-11 coverage, it included over 100 contributions on every possible subject, solicited from my friends and accepted as birthday gifts.
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Published by Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NYC & greengrassi, London
Original print edition: 1,000
56 pages; A3; two color
New York's Hometown Newspaper. Printed in an edition of 1000 on the first anniversary of '9-11', to reclaim my birthday on the same day. Based on an open editorial policy which aimed at confronting the media control of original 9-11 coverage, it included over 100 contributions on every possible subject, solicited from my friends and accepted as birthday gifts.
Download it HERE
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2003
Commissioned by Beatrix Ruf, Ringier, Zürich, 2002
Published by Ringier AG
Communications
Dufourstrasse 23
8008 Zürich - Switzerland
www.ringier.com
Original print edition: 3 x 2,000
60 pages; 9 x 11"; full color
HELLO Ringier was created during a two month residency at the company's headquarters in Zurich, February-March 2003. It it based on the company's photographic archives (which with 10 million images comprise one of Switzerland's largest image banks) and the personal photography of contributing employees. The result takes the form of the Ringier's annual report, printed in 3 languages and in an edition of 6000. Release date: April 2003.
Download it HERE: German / French / English
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Commissioned by Beatrix Ruf, Ringier, Zürich, 2002
Published by Ringier AG
Communications
Dufourstrasse 23
8008 Zürich - Switzerland
www.ringier.com
Original print edition: 3 x 2,000
60 pages; 9 x 11"; full color
HELLO Ringier was created during a two month residency at the company's headquarters in Zurich, February-March 2003. It it based on the company's photographic archives (which with 10 million images comprise one of Switzerland's largest image banks) and the personal photography of contributing employees. The result takes the form of the Ringier's annual report, printed in 3 languages and in an edition of 6000. Release date: April 2003.
Download it HERE: German / French / English
SEE project description and texts on HELLO Ringier
Corporate Mentality
By Aleksandra Mir and John Kelsey, 2003
Published by Lukas & Sternberg Inc.
1182 Broadway # 1602
New York, NY-10001
www.sternberg-press.com
ISBN: 0-9711193-1-7
256 pages; 12 x 9"; full color
Corporate Mentality documents the emergence of recent practices within a cultural sphere occupied by both business and art. Based on an archive (1995-2001) maintained by Aleksandra Mir, it presents a diverse spectrum of artists who take on business as site, as material, and as subject of their work. Calling for a reassessment of the function of art in late-capitalist society, Corporate Mentality focuses on the complex and ambiguous ways artistic production inhabits corporate processes, abandoning the autonomy of the artwork, in order to elaborate resistant approaches to a world increasingly determined by commercial strategies and market concerns.
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Published by Lukas & Sternberg Inc.
1182 Broadway # 1602
New York, NY-10001
www.sternberg-press.com
ISBN: 0-9711193-1-7
256 pages; 12 x 9"; full color
Corporate Mentality documents the emergence of recent practices within a cultural sphere occupied by both business and art. Based on an archive (1995-2001) maintained by Aleksandra Mir, it presents a diverse spectrum of artists who take on business as site, as material, and as subject of their work. Calling for a reassessment of the function of art in late-capitalist society, Corporate Mentality focuses on the complex and ambiguous ways artistic production inhabits corporate processes, abandoning the autonomy of the artwork, in order to elaborate resistant approaches to a world increasingly determined by commercial strategies and market concerns.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2003
Published by Aleksandra Mir at the occasion of the High Desert Test Sites,
Spring Event, Joshua Tree, 2003
www.highdeserttestsites.com
Original print edition: 125 for all other participants of the event
24 pages; 5 x 7"; full color
How to Be a Joshua Tree is a fanzine that came out of the short Home Road Movie with the same name. Home Road Movies is simply the accumulation of short videos I am shooting on my travels. They are brief studies of moving phenomena and also documentation of smaller impromptu performances. The project started in January 2002, on my first visit ever to California, with a series of shorts (1-3 minutes) out in Joshua Tree. SEE the movie. READ an interview about it.
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Published by Aleksandra Mir at the occasion of the High Desert Test Sites,
Spring Event, Joshua Tree, 2003
www.highdeserttestsites.com
Original print edition: 125 for all other participants of the event
24 pages; 5 x 7"; full color
How to Be a Joshua Tree is a fanzine that came out of the short Home Road Movie with the same name. Home Road Movies is simply the accumulation of short videos I am shooting on my travels. They are brief studies of moving phenomena and also documentation of smaller impromptu performances. The project started in January 2002, on my first visit ever to California, with a series of shorts (1-3 minutes) out in Joshua Tree. SEE the movie. READ an interview about it.
Download it HERE
SEE project description and texts on How to Be a Joshua Tree
Danes in The Sun
Commissioned by Jacob Fabricius, Socle du Monde, Herning, 2004
Published by Kunstmuseum, Herning and IB&CO, Ikast
IB&Co
Straget 38
7430 Ikast – Denmark
www.ibco.dk
32 pages; 40 x 56 cm, full color
This publication was put together during a brief 5-day residency (March 21-26, 2004) at communications bureau IB&CO, Ikast—a Danish town of 23.000 inhabitants. The project is part of the art biennial Socle du Monde which fosters a tradition of artists collaborating with local industries, initiated by the shirt manufacturer Aage Damgaard who invited Piero Manzoni to work there in the 1950s. The 2004 edition of this show is curated by Jacob Fabricius. The photographs and stories herein were gathered through the local historical archives of Ikast, the press archives of Ikast newspaper, Herning Art Museum photo archive, and the staff at IB&CO and by contributions from people whom answered my local ad Danes in the Sun.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2004
Commissioned by Jacob Fabricius, Socle du Monde, Herning, 2004
Published by Herning Kunstmuseum
Birk Centerpark 3
7400 Herning - Denmark
www.herningkunstmuseum.dk
www.socledumonde.dk
Original print edition: 1,000
ISBN: 87-88367-40-1
16 pages; A5; full color
This pamphlet was the my catalogue for the Socle du Monde Biennial in Herning 2004, as a companion to Danes in the Sun, the newspaper produced for this show. Finding Photographs is a poetic manifesto / descriptive workbook on my general approach to found photography. Using sample photographs from previous projects and exhibitions, I discuss the logistics behind my gathering and organizational methods, arguing for the circulation of culture and claiming the 'spaces between photographs' to be my work. The print version is available for purchase from Herning Kunstmuseum as long as the edition lasts.
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Commissioned by Jacob Fabricius, Socle du Monde, Herning, 2004
Published by Herning Kunstmuseum
Birk Centerpark 3
7400 Herning - Denmark
www.herningkunstmuseum.dk
www.socledumonde.dk
Original print edition: 1,000
ISBN: 87-88367-40-1
16 pages; A5; full color
This pamphlet was the my catalogue for the Socle du Monde Biennial in Herning 2004, as a companion to Danes in the Sun, the newspaper produced for this show. Finding Photographs is a poetic manifesto / descriptive workbook on my general approach to found photography. Using sample photographs from previous projects and exhibitions, I discuss the logistics behind my gathering and organizational methods, arguing for the circulation of culture and claiming the 'spaces between photographs' to be my work. The print version is available for purchase from Herning Kunstmuseum as long as the edition lasts.
Download it HERE
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Che and Concorde
By Aleksandra Mir, 2004
Published by The Whitney Museum of American Art as part of the The Whitney Biennial Catalogue, 2004.
945 Madison Avenue
New York, NY-10021
www.whitney.org
Distributed by Harry N. Abrams and Steidl Publishers
www.abramsbooks.com
www.steidl.de
ISBN: 0-87427-139-9
8 pages; 5 x 7"; full color
Che and Concorde combines two stunning visuals, once energetic and powerful but now obsolete. One is a symbol of revolution, the other of technological advancement and aesthetic perfection. The combined lost potency of both, a sign of my times. The new composite image is at once an expression of political desilusion and nostalgia for more idealistic times. Original project produced in booklet format for the artists' section of the Whitney Biennial catalogue, 2004. READ my interview with Jim Fitzpatrick, the original designer of the Che poster.
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Published by The Whitney Museum of American Art as part of the The Whitney Biennial Catalogue, 2004.
945 Madison Avenue
New York, NY-10021
www.whitney.org
Distributed by Harry N. Abrams and Steidl Publishers
www.abramsbooks.com
www.steidl.de
ISBN: 0-87427-139-9
8 pages; 5 x 7"; full color
Che and Concorde combines two stunning visuals, once energetic and powerful but now obsolete. One is a symbol of revolution, the other of technological advancement and aesthetic perfection. The combined lost potency of both, a sign of my times. The new composite image is at once an expression of political desilusion and nostalgia for more idealistic times. Original project produced in booklet format for the artists' section of the Whitney Biennial catalogue, 2004. READ my interview with Jim Fitzpatrick, the original designer of the Che poster.
Download it HERE
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2005
Published by Aleksandra Mir, NYC, 2005
Original print edition: 17
113 pages; 11 x 8.5"; full color
My log and sketchbook from the journey to Antarctica which took place in 2005 on Pierre Huyghe invitation. I spent in total 7 weeks on board Tara 5 as we sailed from Ushuaia to Antarctica and back, stayed as the boat made its way through Patagonia and eventually landed in Buenos Aires. The drawings depict the mundane life on board and show seasons changing as the landscape goes from slick icebergs to lush vegetation. Originally produced as a Xerox copy publication for all 17 members of the expedition, it was included in the collection of the Explorers Club in Manhattan in January 2007, the ceremony of which there is also now a certificate in the back.
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Published by Aleksandra Mir, NYC, 2005
Original print edition: 17
113 pages; 11 x 8.5"; full color
My log and sketchbook from the journey to Antarctica which took place in 2005 on Pierre Huyghe invitation. I spent in total 7 weeks on board Tara 5 as we sailed from Ushuaia to Antarctica and back, stayed as the boat made its way through Patagonia and eventually landed in Buenos Aires. The drawings depict the mundane life on board and show seasons changing as the landscape goes from slick icebergs to lush vegetation. Originally produced as a Xerox copy publication for all 17 members of the expedition, it was included in the collection of the Explorers Club in Manhattan in January 2007, the ceremony of which there is also now a certificate in the back.
Download it HERE.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2005
Edited by Aleksandra Mir, NYC, 2005
Published by Galeria Joan Prats
Rambla de Catalunya 54
Barcelona 08007 - Spain
24 pages; 22 x 16.5"; b/w
Reproductions of 20 huge US maps created with Sharpie markers and 16 assistants in May 2005. Three central photo spreads also depict the activities in the studio as we listened to the wide variety of music everyone brought in, shared lunches and stories, invented a language and developed a cult around this magnificent household marker.
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Edited by Aleksandra Mir, NYC, 2005
Published by Galeria Joan Prats
Rambla de Catalunya 54
Barcelona 08007 - Spain
24 pages; 22 x 16.5"; b/w
Reproductions of 20 huge US maps created with Sharpie markers and 16 assistants in May 2005. Three central photo spreads also depict the activities in the studio as we listened to the wide variety of music everyone brought in, shared lunches and stories, invented a language and developed a cult around this magnificent household marker.
Download it HERE
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2006
Published by onestar press
16, rue Trolley de Prévaux
75013 Paris - France
www.onestarpress.com
Original print edition: 250 (numbered)
150 pages; 12.43 x 9.84"; b/w publication.
This is my workbook, manifesto and love letter to the Sharpie marker. The cropped close-ups of 105 selected drawings produced between 2003 - 2006 represent my drawing vocabulary to date.
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Published by onestar press
16, rue Trolley de Prévaux
75013 Paris - France
www.onestarpress.com
Original print edition: 250 (numbered)
150 pages; 12.43 x 9.84"; b/w publication.
This is my workbook, manifesto and love letter to the Sharpie marker. The cropped close-ups of 105 selected drawings produced between 2003 - 2006 represent my drawing vocabulary to date.
Download it HERE
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2006
Published by Kunsthaus Zurich
Winkelwiese 4
8001 Zurich - Switzerland
And Edition Fink
Verlag fuer zeitgenoessische Kunst
Waffenplatzstrasse 39a
8002 Zurich - Switzerland
www.editionfink.ch
Original print edition: 1,500
ISBN-10: 3-906574-36-9
ISBN-13: 978-3-906574-36-3
15 pages; 8.66 x 11.93"; b/w publication
This map was published in conjunction with the exhibition "Aleksandra Mir – Switzerland and Other Islands" held at the Kunsthaus Zürich from August 18 - October 8, 2006.
Download the poster HERE, the cover HERE and the insert HERE.
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Published by Kunsthaus Zurich
Winkelwiese 4
8001 Zurich - Switzerland
And Edition Fink
Verlag fuer zeitgenoessische Kunst
Waffenplatzstrasse 39a
8002 Zurich - Switzerland
www.editionfink.ch
Original print edition: 1,500
ISBN-10: 3-906574-36-9
ISBN-13: 978-3-906574-36-3
15 pages; 8.66 x 11.93"; b/w publication
This map was published in conjunction with the exhibition "Aleksandra Mir – Switzerland and Other Islands" held at the Kunsthaus Zürich from August 18 - October 8, 2006.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2006
Published by onestar press
16, rue Trolley de Prévaux
75013 Paris - France
www.onestarpress.com
and Galerie Laurent Godin
5 rue du Grenier Saint Lazare
75003 Paris - France
www.laurentgodin.com
Original print edition: 600
112 pages; 30 x 21 cm; full color
The catalogue for the exhibition "Mouvement Organisé", Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, January 28 - March 04, 2006.
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Published by onestar press
16, rue Trolley de Prévaux
75013 Paris - France
www.onestarpress.com
and Galerie Laurent Godin
5 rue du Grenier Saint Lazare
75003 Paris - France
www.laurentgodin.com
Original print edition: 600
112 pages; 30 x 21 cm; full color
The catalogue for the exhibition "Mouvement Organisé", Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, January 28 - March 04, 2006.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2006
Published by Sternberg Press
Linienstraße 159
10115 Berlin - Germany
www.sternberg-press.com
ISBN-10 1-933128-23-2
ISBN-13 978-1-933128-23-8
83 pages; 9,65 x 13,59"; full color
This books serves as my catalogue for the exhibition "The Meaning of Flowers" presented by Gavlak, Art Positions, Art Basel Miami Beach, December 7 - 10, 2006. SEE installation views from the exhibition HERE.
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Published by Sternberg Press
Linienstraße 159
10115 Berlin - Germany
www.sternberg-press.com
ISBN-10 1-933128-23-2
ISBN-13 978-1-933128-23-8
83 pages; 9,65 x 13,59"; full color
This books serves as my catalogue for the exhibition "The Meaning of Flowers" presented by Gavlak, Art Positions, Art Basel Miami Beach, December 7 - 10, 2006. SEE installation views from the exhibition HERE.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2007
Published by onestar press
16, rue Trolley de Prévaux
75013 Paris - France
www.onestarpress.com
and Galerie Laurent Godin
5 rue du Grenier Saint Lazare
75003 Paris - France
www.laurentgodin.com
Original print edition: 700
160 pages; 9 x 12,5"; full color
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Published by onestar press
16, rue Trolley de Prévaux
75013 Paris - France
www.onestarpress.com
and Galerie Laurent Godin
5 rue du Grenier Saint Lazare
75003 Paris - France
www.laurentgodin.com
Original print edition: 700
160 pages; 9 x 12,5"; full color
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2007
Published by Printed Matter, Inc.
195 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY-10011
www.printedmatter.org
Printed and bound in Canada
Original print edition: 1,000
ISBN: 978-0-89439-026-5
8 pages; 10 x 12,99"; full color
LA: A Geography of Modern Art. after TENTH STREET: A GEOGRAPHY OF MODERN ART by Harold Rosenberg published in Art News Annual, The Art Foundation Press, New York, 1959 was published in conjunction with Retrospective, Printed Matter, NYC, September 21 - November 10, 2007.
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Published by Printed Matter, Inc.
195 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY-10011
www.printedmatter.org
Printed and bound in Canada
Original print edition: 1,000
ISBN: 978-0-89439-026-5
8 pages; 10 x 12,99"; full color
LA: A Geography of Modern Art. after TENTH STREET: A GEOGRAPHY OF MODERN ART by Harold Rosenberg published in Art News Annual, The Art Foundation Press, New York, 1959 was published in conjunction with Retrospective, Printed Matter, NYC, September 21 - November 10, 2007.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2007
Published by Mary Boone Gallery
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY-10151
www.maryboonegallery.com
ISBN: 978-0-9801715-0-1
255 pages; 11 x 14"; b/w
Newsroom 1986-2000 was published for my solo exhibition at Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, September 15 - October 27, 2007.
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Published by Mary Boone Gallery
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY-10151
www.maryboonegallery.com
ISBN: 978-0-9801715-0-1
255 pages; 11 x 14"; b/w
Newsroom 1986-2000 was published for my solo exhibition at Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, September 15 - October 27, 2007.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2007
Published by The Arts Catalyst
Toynbee Studios
28 Commercial Street
London E1 6LS - UK
www.artscatalyst.org
Limited Edition
ISBN: 9780953454655
24 pages; 11,69 x 16,54"; full color
The artist's calendar documents the construction and dismantling of the spectacular rocket Gravity, a monumental ephemeral sculpture.
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Published by The Arts Catalyst
Toynbee Studios
28 Commercial Street
London E1 6LS - UK
www.artscatalyst.org
Limited Edition
ISBN: 9780953454655
24 pages; 11,69 x 16,54"; full color
The artist's calendar documents the construction and dismantling of the spectacular rocket Gravity, a monumental ephemeral sculpture.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2007
Published by Fondazione Sambuca
Palazzo Sambuca
Via Alloro 36
90133 Palermo - Italy
www.fondazionesambuca.org
208 pages; 11,69 x 16,54"; full color
The Sicilian Pavilion started off as a micromuseum on-the-move project at the 52. venice Biennale, 2007.
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Published by Fondazione Sambuca
Palazzo Sambuca
Via Alloro 36
90133 Palermo - Italy
www.fondazionesambuca.org
208 pages; 11,69 x 16,54"; full color
The Sicilian Pavilion started off as a micromuseum on-the-move project at the 52. venice Biennale, 2007.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2008
Published by Fundacion NMAC
Montenmedio Arte Contemoporaneo
11150 Vejer de la Frontera
Cádiz - Spain
www.fundacionnmac.com
122 pages; 7,48 x 7,48"; b/w
The catalogue of the Love Stories project. 10,000 postcards inviting the general public to send in their love stories were distributed by the NMAC Foiundation in 2005. 1,000 people responded with stories and the protagonists' initials were carved into as many trees in the Andalucian pine forest. The book holds all stories from all over the world in their original languages and serves as a photo-illustrated guidebook to the forest, an inventory of a vast range of narratives pointing to each particular tree.
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Published by Fundacion NMAC
Montenmedio Arte Contemoporaneo
11150 Vejer de la Frontera
Cádiz - Spain
www.fundacionnmac.com
122 pages; 7,48 x 7,48"; b/w
The catalogue of the Love Stories project. 10,000 postcards inviting the general public to send in their love stories were distributed by the NMAC Foiundation in 2005. 1,000 people responded with stories and the protagonists' initials were carved into as many trees in the Andalucian pine forest. The book holds all stories from all over the world in their original languages and serves as a photo-illustrated guidebook to the forest, an inventory of a vast range of narratives pointing to each particular tree.
Download it HERE
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2008
Published by Contemporary Museum
100 W Centre St
Baltimore, MD-21201
www.contemporary.org
2 pages; 5.52 x 7.56"; two color
This designed pamphlet was published for Lisa Anne Auerbach’s project: "The Tract House", at the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, 2008.
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Published by Contemporary Museum
100 W Centre St
Baltimore, MD-21201
www.contemporary.org
2 pages; 5.52 x 7.56"; two color
This designed pamphlet was published for Lisa Anne Auerbach’s project: "The Tract House", at the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, 2008.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2009
Published by Schirn Kunsthalle
Römerberg
60311 Frankfurt - Germany
www.schirn-kunsthalle.de
And Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König
Ehrenstr. 4
50672 Köln - Germany
www.buchhandlung-walther-koenig.de
65 pages; 8.85 x 11.21"; full color
The Catalogue for Aleksandra Mir - "Triumph", Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, May 14 - July 26, 2009.
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Published by Schirn Kunsthalle
Römerberg
60311 Frankfurt - Germany
www.schirn-kunsthalle.de
And Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König
Ehrenstr. 4
50672 Köln - Germany
www.buchhandlung-walther-koenig.de
65 pages; 8.85 x 11.21"; full color
The Catalogue for Aleksandra Mir - "Triumph", Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, May 14 - July 26, 2009.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2009
Published by Peregrine Arts
1400 North American Street, Suite 412
Philadelphia, PA-19122
www.peregrinearts.org
Original print edition: 5,000
8 pages; A3, b/w
Published on the occasion of "Hidden City", a festival of performances and exhibitions taking place at historic venues throughout Philadelphia, May 2009. The project utilized the archives of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Hundreds of articles on the subject of 'Women" were sourced directly from and in co-operation with the paper. They were then cut up and re-assembled in an condensed mix of seemingly arbitrary design. The creation of a mash-up of content - adverts and editorial - reveals the often contradictory messages that the reader picks up from the paper as a whole and is then left to sort out any confusion for him or herself. The original intention and contract stipulated that the layouts were to be inserted directly back into the newspaper, one pages at a time. Due to production constraints (at the last minute), it was the commissioner's decision to then print all 8 pages as a separate publication to be distributed in the lobby of the Inquirer's office headquarters. This version of the work was subsequently censored and dismantled by some offended employees. Subsequently, a third version was then exhibited and framed behind glass on the commissioner's initiative and design. At this point, I felt my original idea had been compromised to such an extent that I walked away from the whole debacle.
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Read selected commentary HERE
Published by Peregrine Arts
1400 North American Street, Suite 412
Philadelphia, PA-19122
www.peregrinearts.org
Original print edition: 5,000
8 pages; A3, b/w
Published on the occasion of "Hidden City", a festival of performances and exhibitions taking place at historic venues throughout Philadelphia, May 2009. The project utilized the archives of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Hundreds of articles on the subject of 'Women" were sourced directly from and in co-operation with the paper. They were then cut up and re-assembled in an condensed mix of seemingly arbitrary design. The creation of a mash-up of content - adverts and editorial - reveals the often contradictory messages that the reader picks up from the paper as a whole and is then left to sort out any confusion for him or herself. The original intention and contract stipulated that the layouts were to be inserted directly back into the newspaper, one pages at a time. Due to production constraints (at the last minute), it was the commissioner's decision to then print all 8 pages as a separate publication to be distributed in the lobby of the Inquirer's office headquarters. This version of the work was subsequently censored and dismantled by some offended employees. Subsequently, a third version was then exhibited and framed behind glass on the commissioner's initiative and design. At this point, I felt my original idea had been compromised to such an extent that I walked away from the whole debacle.
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Read selected commentary HERE
By Aleksandra Mir, 2009
1st Edition
Published by Collective Gallery
22-28 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh EH1 1NY- UK
www.collectivegallery.net
Distributed by Revolver
Immanuelkirchstr. 12
10405 Berlin - Germany
www.revolver-publishing.com
ISBN: 978-3-86895-032-8
320 pages; 8.54 x 10.16"; full color
While the typical cookbook format gives you a recipe for obvious success it does not take into account the many ways in which its execution can fail due to the cook's lack of experience. Based on Aleksandra's personal history of cooking disasters, the project invites 1000 people from all around the world to give their advice of how NOT to cook. With this volume, any reader will be more than well equipped to avoid making the same mistakes in their kitchen.
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SEE project description and texts on The How Not To Cookbook
1st Edition
Published by Collective Gallery
22-28 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh EH1 1NY- UK
www.collectivegallery.net
Distributed by Revolver
Immanuelkirchstr. 12
10405 Berlin - Germany
www.revolver-publishing.com
ISBN: 978-3-86895-032-8
320 pages; 8.54 x 10.16"; full color
While the typical cookbook format gives you a recipe for obvious success it does not take into account the many ways in which its execution can fail due to the cook's lack of experience. Based on Aleksandra's personal history of cooking disasters, the project invites 1000 people from all around the world to give their advice of how NOT to cook. With this volume, any reader will be more than well equipped to avoid making the same mistakes in their kitchen.
Download a sample HERE
SEE project description and texts on The How Not To Cookbook
By Aleksandra Mir, 2010
Published by Azple
www.azple.com
2 pages; 16.54 x 11.69"; full color
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SEE project description and texts on The Dream and The Promise.
Published by Azple
www.azple.com
2 pages; 16.54 x 11.69"; full color
Download it HERE
SEE project description and texts on The Dream and The Promise.
By Aleksandra Mir, 2010
2nd Edition
Published by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.
300 Park Avenue South
New York, NY-10010
www.rizzoliusa.com
ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-3499-0
320 pages; 7.875 x 9.25"; full color
While the typical cookbook format gives you a recipe for obvious success it does not take into account the many ways in which its execution can fail due to the cook's lack of experience. Based on Aleksandra's personal history of cooking disasters, the project invites 1000 people from all around the world to give their advice of how NOT to cook. With this volume, any reader will be more than well equipped to avoid making the same mistakes in their kitchen.
Download a sample HERE
SEE project description and texts on The How Not To Cookbook
Visit the website: www.hownotto.info
2nd Edition
Published by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.
300 Park Avenue South
New York, NY-10010
www.rizzoliusa.com
ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-3499-0
320 pages; 7.875 x 9.25"; full color
While the typical cookbook format gives you a recipe for obvious success it does not take into account the many ways in which its execution can fail due to the cook's lack of experience. Based on Aleksandra's personal history of cooking disasters, the project invites 1000 people from all around the world to give their advice of how NOT to cook. With this volume, any reader will be more than well equipped to avoid making the same mistakes in their kitchen.
Download a sample HERE
SEE project description and texts on The How Not To Cookbook
Visit the website: www.hownotto.info
By Aleksandra Mir, 2011
Published by Tumult
www.tumult.dk
66 pages; 6.69 x 9.45"; full color
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SEE project description and texts on Visionaries of Lolland.
Published by Tumult
www.tumult.dk
66 pages; 6.69 x 9.45"; full color
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2011
with Irena Sedlecka
Published by Aleksandra Mir
121 pages; 8.27 x 11.69"; full color
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Visit the website: www.freddieontheplinth.co.uk
with Irena Sedlecka
Published by Aleksandra Mir
121 pages; 8.27 x 11.69"; full color
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Visit the website: www.freddieontheplinth.co.uk
By Aleksandra Mir, 2011
Published by the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
945 Madison Avenue
New York, NY-10021
www.whitney.org
11 pages; 6 x 8.5"; full color
Published on the occasion of "The Seduction of Galileo Galilei", Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, 2011.
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Published by the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
945 Madison Avenue
New York, NY-10021
www.whitney.org
11 pages; 6 x 8.5"; full color
Published on the occasion of "The Seduction of Galileo Galilei", Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, 2011.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2005
Produced by GAK (Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst)
Teerhof 21
28199 Bremen - Germany
www.gak-bremen.de
Original print edition: 300,000
8 color postcard designs, 6 x 5"
These postcards were produced for the show "A Lucky Strike: Kunst findet Stadt", GAK, Bremen, September 9 - October 30, 2005.
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By Aleksandra Mir, 2009
Produced by la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2009
www.labiennale.org
Original print edition: 1.000.000
100 color postcard designs, 6 x 5"
These postcards were produced and given away to the public at "Making World", the 53rd International Venice Biennale, June 7 - November 22, 2009.
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Produced by la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2009
www.labiennale.org
Original print edition: 1.000.000
100 color postcard designs, 6 x 5"
These postcards were produced and given away to the public at "Making World", the 53rd International Venice Biennale, June 7 - November 22, 2009.
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SEE project description and texts on Venezia (all places contain all others)
First Woman on The Moon
By Aleksandra Mir, 1999
Produced for the event "First Woman on The Moon", produced by Casco Projects on location in Wijk aan Zee, NL.
Invitation card, 5,94 x 4,22".
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Produced for the event "First Woman on The Moon", produced by Casco Projects on location in Wijk aan Zee, NL.
Invitation card, 5,94 x 4,22".
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Aeropuerto
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005
Produced for the exhibition "Aeropuerto", Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, 2005.
Poster invitation, 39,37 x 27,56".
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SEE project description and texts on Airplanes
Produced for the exhibition "Aeropuerto", Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, 2005.
Poster invitation, 39,37 x 27,56".
Download it HERE
SEE project description and texts on Airplanes
Reincarnations '05
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Invitation card, 8 x 10"
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SEE project description and texts on New Designs
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Invitation card, 8 x 10"
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Plane Landing in Paris
By Aleksandra Mir, 2008
Produced for the event "Plane Landing", Jardin des Tuileries - FIAC, Paris, 2008.
Invitation card, 5,79 x 4,11"
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Produced for the event "Plane Landing", Jardin des Tuileries - FIAC, Paris, 2008.
Invitation card, 5,79 x 4,11"
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The Dream and The Promise
By Aleksandra Mir, 2009
Produced for the exhibition "The Dream and The Promise", Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona. 2009.
Poster, 11,81 x 15,75"
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Produced for the exhibition "The Dream and The Promise", Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona. 2009.
Poster, 11,81 x 15,75"
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Il Sogno e la Promessa
By Aleksandra Mir, 2010
Produced for the exhibition "Il Sogno e la Promessa", Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Rome, 2010.
Invitation card, 3,88 x 7,56"
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Produced for the exhibition "Il Sogno e la Promessa", Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Rome, 2010.
Invitation card, 3,88 x 7,56"
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Dessins
By Aleksandra Mir, 2011
Produced for the exhibition "Dessins", Laurent Godin, Paris, 2011.
Invitation card, 11,69 x 8,66"
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Produced for the exhibition "Dessins", Laurent Godin, Paris, 2011.
Invitation card, 11,69 x 8,66"
Download it HERE
SEE project description and texts on Vinyls
Cinema for the Unemployed
By Aleksandra Mir, 1998.
Produced for "Momentum", Moss, 1998.
Poster, 11 x 17"
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Produced for "Momentum", Moss, 1998.
Poster, 11 x 17"
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Top Secret
By Aleksandra Mir, 2000
Produced for the exhibition "FLAKK, or that extraordinary sensation of being abroad even when at home", Nordic House, Reykjavik, 2000.
Poster, 22.83 x 18.50"
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Produced for the exhibition "FLAKK, or that extraordinary sensation of being abroad even when at home", Nordic House, Reykjavik, 2000.
Poster, 22.83 x 18.50"
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Naming Tokyo I
By Aleksandra Mir, 2003
Produced for the exhibition "GNS (Global Navigation System)", Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2003.
Poster, 39,37 x 27,56"
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Produced for the exhibition "GNS (Global Navigation System)", Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2003.
Poster, 39,37 x 27,56"
Download it HERE
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Naming Tokyo II
Produced for the exhibition "Naming Tokyo", Swiss Institute, New York, 2003.
Poster, 39,37 x 27,56"
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Not everything is Black or White
By Aleksandra Mir, 2004
Produced for the exhibition "Communism", Project Art Space, Dublin, 2004.
Poster, 23 x 33,33"
Printed on the back is a phone conversation between the author of the poster collage, Aleksandra Mir (New York) and the creator of the original Che Guevara poster, Jim Fitzpatrick (Dublin).
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Produced for the exhibition "Communism", Project Art Space, Dublin, 2004.
Poster, 23 x 33,33"
Printed on the back is a phone conversation between the author of the poster collage, Aleksandra Mir (New York) and the creator of the original Che Guevara poster, Jim Fitzpatrick (Dublin).
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SEE project description and texts on Che and Concorde
The 21st Century Abortion Abolishionists
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
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SEE project description and texts on New Designs
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
Download it HERE
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Keep Abortion Legal
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
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Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
Download it HERE
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What Would You Do?
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
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SEE project description and texts on New Designs
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
Download it HERE
SEE project description and texts on New Designs
Please be Gentle in Fallujah
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
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SEE project description and texts on New Designs
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
Download it HERE
SEE project description and texts on New Designs
Help
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
Download it HERE
SEE project description and texts on New Designs
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
Download it HERE
SEE project description and texts on New Designs
Reincarnations '05
By Aleksandra Mir, 2005
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
Download it HERE
SEE project description and texts on New Designs
Produced for the exhibition "NEW DESIGNS: Birth, Death and Abortion", Andrew Roth, New York, 2005.
Poster, 58 x 42,4"
Download it HERE
SEE project description and texts on New Designs