Caruso St John & Marcus Taylor - Island Book

Vinceron    All items are individually hand graded for the finest quality.    * A 238-page paperback book published by The Store X The Spaces to accompany the British Pavilion’s exhibition of the same name at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale  * Edited by British Pavilion curators Caruso St John and Marcus Taylor  * Inc. contributions from artist John Akomfrah, poet and musician Kae Tempest and Museu Calouste Gulbenkian director Penelope Curtis  * Inc. short stories from Windrush generation writer Sam Selvon, written in 1957, and a 19th-century version of a work by William Shakespeare  * Printed on fine art stocks including Arcoprint Milk, Arcoprint Edizioni 1.7 and Symbol Matt Plus  * Size: 222 x 167 mm, portrait  * Designed by John Morgan studio    Island is a new 238-page book edited by architecture practice Caruso St John and artist Marcus Taylor.    It explores an island as a place of refuge and exile, including contributions from artists, writers, a museum director and a poet. The book accompanies the British Pavilion’s exhibition of the same name – commissioned by the British Council – at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.    Responding to the 2018 Biennale theme of Freespace, curators Caruso St John and Marcus Taylor have reimagined the pavilion as an island, a new public space for performances, discussions and afternoon tea in the Giardini. This book is a parallel platform given to words and images.    Published by The Store