{"id":6087,"title":"Blonde Girls","dimensions":"6 x 1.7 cm,1GB USB drive, 91 / 73.1MB digital files, language: English, publisher: Booklet Press, ISBN: N/A","date_begin":"2008-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":6,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"2011-01-01","reference":"B 2025/162","stream_count_app":24,"permalink":"blonde-girls","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/000/013/371/large/usb-sm-bg.png?1354186102","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e *Blonde Girls* is a novella cobbled together from the diaries of four girls and one queer. Sean Monahan builds a loose narrative out of their secrets (as well as his own). Over 25 chapters, *Blonde Girls* attempts to speak both personally and impersonally; to embrace disclosure, while leaving the audience in doubt of who exactly is doing the disclosing. Available only as a PDF on a USB drive, the project prioritizes the instant replication of a Copy command over the mechanical reproduction of a printing press, fetishizing information rather than objects. \u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e Information is real. Novels are an ambivalent form, unsure as to whether this is true or not. In words of the artist himself: \u0026ldquo;Blonde Girls deeply connects to other past works that were completed in conjunction with the novel. My current collaborative project, *K-HOLE* also relates broadly; though it was conceived of as extraneous to my personal practice, it maintains my formal interest in the PDF format and the inherent issues digital media creates for the editing of pieces\u0026rdquo;. [Novel website](http://bookletpress.org/author/smonahan.html)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e *Blonde Girls* is een novella die werd bijeengeraapt uit de dagboeken van vier meisjes en een homo. Sean Monahan brouwt een los vertelsel uit hun geheimen (en uit de zijne). In 15 hoofdstukken probeert *Blonde Girls* zowel persoonlijk als onpersoonlijk te spreken. Het boek omarmt onthulling, maar zonder het publiek in te lichten wie er precies die onthullingen doet. Het project is alleen beschikbaar als een PDF op een USB-stick en stelt zo de onmiddelijke vermenigvuldiging van een kopie boven de mechanische reproductie van een drukpers. In plaats van een object wordt hier informatie tot een fetisj gemaakt. \u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e Informatie is echt. De roman is een ambivalente vorm, onzeker over het waarheidsgehalte. In de woorden van de kunstenaar: \u0026#39;\u0026#39;Blonde Girls is diep verbonden met vroegere werken die werden gemaakt in verband met de roman. Mijn huidige samenwerkingsproject, *K-HOLE*, houdt er ook mee verband: hoewel de opzet ervan losstond van mijn eigen praktijk, gaat het verder met mijn vormelijke interesse voor het PDF-formaat en de inherente kwesties die digitale media stellen voor de redactie van stukken\u0026#39;\u0026#39;. [Novel website](http://bookletpress.org/author/smonahan.html)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"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":1950,"name":"Sean Monahan","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}