{"id":7390,"title":"The Future of Art: A Diary","dimensions":"19.9 cm x 14 cm, 255 p, language: English, publisher: Berlin: Sternberg Press, ISBN: 978-3-943365-02-3 ","date_begin":"2012-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":141,"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":null,"reference":"B 2025/537","stream_count_app":33,"permalink":"the-future-of-art-a-diary","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Erik Niedling , Ingo Niermann ","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":"Artist Novel","nl":"Artist Novel","fr":"Artist Novel"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/016/867/large/Untitled235.jpg?1367315442","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA ","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Future of Art: A Diary\u003c/em\u003e by Erik Niedling with texts by Ingo Niermann and Tom McCarty. Average life expectancy can fool you into thinking you still have many years ahead. But what would it be like if you had only one left? What would you want to\u0026mdash;what could you\u0026mdash;experience in this limited period of time? Artist Erik Niedling would like to be buried in Pyramid Mountain, the largest tomb of all time, conceived by writer Ingo Niermann. To make this goal a reality, Niedling lives one year as though it were his last. \u003cem\u003eThe Future of Art: A Diary\u003c/em\u003e recounts the joys and horrors of that year. A response by Tom McCarthy examines the social and philosophical implications.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe Last Year project was part of Niedling\u0026rsquo;s effort to build Pyramid Mountain\u0026mdash;an artwork he acquired from Ingo Niermann in summer 2010\u0026mdash;in order to design my personal burial chamber. \u003cem\u003eThe Future of Art: A Diary\u003c/em\u003e is the sequel of \u003cem\u003eThe Future of Art: A Manual\u003c/em\u003e by Ingo Niermann with Erik Niedling (Sternberg Press, Berlin 2011)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.sternberg-press.com/index.php?pageId=1372\u0026amp;l=en\u0026amp;bookId=267\u0026amp;sort=year%20DESC,month%20DESC\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"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":2027,"name":"Erik Niedling ","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}},{"id":2028,"name":"Ingo Niermann ","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}