{"id":12330,"title":"The Drumhead","dimensions":"13,5 x 20 cm, 118 p, language: English, publisher: Sternberg Press, Berlin \u0026 If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part of Your Revolution, Amsterdam, ISBN: 978-3-95679-065-2","date_begin":"2014-01-01","material":"Ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2027/39","stream_count_app":14,"permalink":"the-drumhead","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/026/352/large/Drumhead_title.jpg?1418828729","poster_credits":"Sternberg Press","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--[if gte mso 9]\u003e\u003cxml\u003e\r\n \u003co:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n  \u003co:Version\u003e14.00\u003c/o:Version\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n \u003co:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n  \u003co:TargetScreenSize\u003e800x600\u003c/o:TargetScreenSize\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n\u003c/xml\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003c!--[if gte mso 9]\u003e\u003cxml\u003e\r\n \u003co:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n  \u003co:Version\u003e14.00\u003c/o:Version\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n \u003co:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n  \u003co:TargetScreenSize\u003e800x600\u003c/o:TargetScreenSize\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n\u003c/xml\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past half-decade, artist Gerry Bibby has inserted narratives and instructional texts into his artworks as acts of tactical withdrawal. \u003cem\u003eThe Drumhead\u003c/em\u003e is Bibby\u0026#39;s first publication, and includes a series of his \u0026#39;Language Costumes\u0026#39; or fragmentary texts which, like the Burroughsian \u0026#39;routine\u0026#39; or Walserian \u0026#39;microscript,\u0026#39; attest to an offended intelligence. Evoking William Burroughs\u0026rsquo;s \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Boys\u003c/em\u003e and Robert Walser\u0026rsquo;s \u003cem\u003eThe Walk\u003c/em\u003e, it pays homage to an unruly tradition of radical and queer literary presences over the last century. Exhaustion and frustration besiege a set of characters and the architecture that barely contains them, all of which are cipher-like in their multiplicity (and duplicity).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerry Bibby\u0026rsquo;s artworks move across performance, sculpture and writing, taking form at the uncomfortable fissures between the three. His \u0026lsquo;Language Costumes\u0026rsquo; arrive at these junctions as self-styled instructional texts, photocopy machine manuals, drinks menus and poetic passages. His captivating passages brim with wit, wry observation and occasionally with disgust, offering viewers \u0026lsquo;ways out\u0026rsquo; even if only at the time of reading. Commissioned by If I Can\u0026rsquo;t Dance, I Don\u0026rsquo;t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution, \u003cem\u003eThe Drumhead\u003c/em\u003e follows a two-year collaboration with KUB Arena of the Kunsthaus Bregenz, The Showroom London, CCA Glasgow, and the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. The book immodestly distills these institutional encounters into a multipart narrative that delves into the lives and psyches of those in the service industry.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.sternberg-press.com/index.php?pageId=1561\u0026amp;l=en\u0026amp;bookId=455\u0026amp;sort=year%20DESC,month%20DESC\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/gerry-bibby-juliette-blightman/\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website2\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2635,"name":"Gerry Bibby","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}