{"product_id":"memo-review-2026-issue-5","title":"Memo Review 2026: Issue 5","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMemo Review Issue 5\u003c\/strong\u003e builds its fifth print edition around New York–based artist Marc Kokopeli, then ranges outward across philosophy, desire, artificial intelligence and the conspiratorial texture of networked life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKokopeli's work moves between transparent screens, childhood archives, consumer electronics, pop-cultural debris, and sculptures assembled from nappies and nursery products. George Egerton-Warburton, Camille Orel, Miranda Samuels, and Sabeth Buchmann with Stephan Geene consider how that practice gives form to class anxiety, reproductive labour, media saturation, and an art world in which critique increasingly circulates as content. Elsewhere the issue gathers philosopher Alenka \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZupančič \u003c\/span\u003eon Jacqueline Harpman's cult novel \u003cem\u003eI Who Have Never Known Men\u003c\/em\u003e; Wayne Koestenbaum in conversation with Chelsea Hopper on desire, repetition and the pressure of the sentence; and Anna Greenspan tracing a lineage from Eden and \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e through robotics to artificial intelligence. Joshua Citarella and Audrey Pfister examine conspiracy as the dominant cultural form of the present, while Helen Hughes, Rex Butler and Francis Plagne return to the doubt and negation at work in Elizabeth Newman's practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecial focus on Marc Kokopeli, with four separate critical responses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlenka \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eZupančič\u003c\/span\u003e on Jacqueline Harpman's \u003cem\u003eI Who Have Never Known Men\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWayne Koestenbaum in conversation with Chelsea Hopper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA dedicated focus on Elizabeth Newman by Helen Hughes, Rex Butler and Francis Plagne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlso featuring Jon Rafman, CC Hennix, Daniel Spoerri, Claire Lambe, Marcus Whale and Lévi McLean, plus fashion, sound, and reviews from across Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow an artist's use of consumer debris and nursery products can register class anxiety and reproductive labour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy conspiracy has become, for Citarella and Pfister, the defining cultural form of the networked present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA philosophical reading of solitude and the unknown drawn from Harpman's speculative fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe continuing critical force of Elizabeth Newman's work within Australian art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemo Review\u003c\/em\u003e is an independent art criticism publication based in the Nicholas Building, Melbourne, publishing weekly reviews of exhibitions across Australia alongside an annual print edition that collects longer-form critical and philosophical writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e166 × 230 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780645106091\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Memo Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e Artists, curators, critics and readers following contemporary Australian art, critical theory, independent publishing, and the meeting points of philosophy, media and visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"memo review","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48850391728353,"sku":"9780645106091","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/memo_5_cover-final.jpg?v=1785824763","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/memo-review-2026-issue-5","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}