{"id":8132,"title":"The Middle of Nowhere","dimensions":"dimensions, page nr and ISBN: N/A, language: English, publisher: dotdotdot magazine (NYC), Onomatopee (Eindhoven), among others; This project is still under development","date_begin":"2005-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp ","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"2013-01-01","reference":"B 2026/598","stream_count_app":16,"permalink":"the-middle-of-nowhere","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/000/024/631/large/dotdotdot12.jpg?1408615383","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Holder has been writing and publishing since 2005 a novel called \u003cem\u003eThe Middle of Nowhere\u003c/em\u003e \u0026ndash;an adaptation of William Morris\u0026rsquo; \u003ca href=\"http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/6203\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNews from Nowhere\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, of 1890. Morris\u0026rsquo; original novel, a description of a 2004 society, rooted in Victorian Socialist ideologies. Holder\u0026rsquo;s \u003cem\u003eThe Middle of Nowhere\u003c/em\u003e also set approximately 115 years in the future, follows the original\u0026rsquo;s chapter structure, whilst taking significant phenomena into account of which Morris had no knowledge. Central to the original, the chapter \u003cem\u003eQuestions and Answers\u003c/em\u003e, is a discussion between the visiting protagonist and a historian, who recounts the history of the previous 130 years. In \u003cem\u003eThe Middle of Nowhere\u003c/em\u003e, the historian will recount the history of the 21st century.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book has been described as \u0026ldquo;a guide for design education and practice set in 2135\u0026rdquo; and is published in a serialized form in dotdotdot magazine and carious writing commissions. In response to commissions, the writing is externally determined and steered, \u0026ldquo;piecemeal\u0026rdquo;, by the context of each publication in has appeared in. It is an account of how an adaptive, self-conscious and collective voice is formed that could represent a history.\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":2057,"name":"Will Holder ","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}