What is highly unlikely but not impossible? is a pocket compendium of writing and visual art from the Series of Open Questions, each volume of which gathers many voices around a single question.
About This Book
This volume takes its themes from the work of artist Hiwa K: statehood and war, migration and belonging, neoliberalism and colonialism, home, language and the myth of the solitary artist. Its contributors respond across forms—experimental poetry, science fiction, photography, memoir, academic essays and art history.
Highlights include a short story by Benjamin Labatut, an excerpt from a lecture by Achille Mbembe and drawings by Hajra Waheed, alongside writing by Ursula K. Le Guin and Omar El Akkad. The result is a compact, wide-ranging reader for thinking through some of the most urgent issues of the present.
Key Features
- Contributions from Ursula K. Le Guin, Achille Mbembe, Omar El Akkad and Hajra Waheed
- A short story by Benjamin Labatut
- Themes drawn from the practice of artist Hiwa K
- Mixes fiction, poetry, memoir, essay and visual art
- 66 black-and-white illustrations
What You'll Discover
- Writers and artists reflecting on war, statehood and displacement
- Ideas of home, language and belonging
- Critiques of neoliberalism, colonialism and the individual genius
- How fiction and speculation open political imagination
- Connections between contemporary art and global politics
About the Editors
Jeanne Gerrity and Diego Villalobos edited this volume of the Series of Open Questions, gathering responses from writers and artists to themes in the work of Hiwa K.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Dimensions: 110 × 180 mm
- Pages: 280
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781915609939
- Publisher: Sternberg Press
Perfect For: Readers of contemporary art writing, followers of Hiwa K's work and anyone drawn to anthologies that move freely between art, fiction and political thought.