Thursday, January 5, 2012

NEW ADDITIONS


AI WEIWEI INTERLACING
edited by Urs Stahel & Daniela Janser
Call number: 709.2 AI
Interlacing presents the complexity of Weiwei's oeuvre through blogs, critical essays & hundreds of photographs.






EIGHT PLAYS
Ovidia Yu
Call number: S822 YU
Ms Yu's collection of some of her finest works includes: The woman in a tree on the hill; Three fat virgins; Playing mothers; Love calls; Breastissues; Life choices; The silence of the kittens & Hitting (on) women








IT'S NOT HOW GOOD YOU ARE, IT'S HOW GOOD YOU WANT TO BE
Paul Arden
Call number: 158.1 ARD
This volume is a concise guide to making the most of yourself - a pocket 'bible' for the talented & timid to make the unthinkable & the impossible possible






THE BIG BENTO BOOK OF UNUSELESS JAPANESE INVENTIONS
Kenji Kawakami
Call number: 608.752 KAW
In Japan, Kenji Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu, the art of the unuseless idea. Kawakami has developed an entire philosophy around these bizarre & logic-defying gadgets & gizmos, which must work but are actually entirely impractical

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