Texts Not Necessarily Meant to be Viewed as Art
  Book release featuring a reading by Ingrid Furre and a performance by Merzedes Sturm-Lie.
  Index - The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden, 2017
   
  Texts Not Necessarily Meant to be Viewed as Art explores how contemporary artists use text in their creative processes. The project and publication focuses on artists’ writing and examines the thoughts, ideas, and techniques that structure an artwork. The publication features thirty Nordic and international contemporary artists and writers that have contributed examples of how text informs their processes.

Contributors:
Emanuel Almborg, Kari Altmann, Cory Arcangel, Darren Bader, J.K. Bergstrand-Doley, Magnus Bärtås, Annabell Chin, Di_Twins (Anna Rokka and Rut Karin Zettergren),Victoria Durnak, Jens Evaldsson, Lucie Fontaine, Ingrid Furre, Andreas Fägerskiöld, Tamara Henderson, Anna Kinbom, Pella Kågerman, Audun Mortensen, Magdalena Nordin, Olia Lialina, Marcus Lindeen, Hanne Lippard, Mara Lee,  Lina Persdotter Carlsson, Pia Sandström, Merzedes Sturm-Lie, Anna Uddenberg, Tris Vonna-Michell, Emily Wardill and Olav Westphalen.

Texts Not Necessarily Meant to be Viewed as Art is edited by Roger von Reybekiel and Julie Cirelli, with graphic design by Martin Falck, published by Konstfack Collection.
   Konstfack Collection is a multidisciplinary publishing platform affiliated with Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden.
   
  Program/handout (Download PDF)
  Pressrelease (Download PDF)
  For bookorders contact: collection@konstfack.se
 
Photo by Lucia Pagano