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Immaterial Books is an independent publisher of contemporary visual art and literature.

01/06/2025

Images from “The Dance: Languages of Light and Time” (2nd Edition)

1. The Offering, Zisis Kardianos (2017)
2. Tyumen, Russia, Lesya Kim (2021)
3. Malaga, Andrea Ratto (2019)
4. Mexico, Bill McIntyre

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12/18/2024

What is (im)material in the world of photography? What does it mean to be modern? What is the role of the photobook today? How do artists and scholars work across disciplines to craft unique ideas and objects of reflection, and how do those objects live on, beyond us? And, what is the meaning of contemporary art in the American Midwest? Immaterial Voices host and Immaterial Books curator Brian O’Neill sits down in Champaign, Illinois, with Phillip Kalantzis Cope to discuss these topics and more.

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12/17/2024

Images from “Natures: Landscapes of Human Intentions” (2nd Edition)

1. Nayeem Siddiquee, Snow Never Falls Here (2020)
2. Wendy Morgan, Dragon City Mall Fountain (2019)
3. Michael Kowalczyk, Nuclear Island (2020) .eu
4. Anna Longworth, Like Time Passing By (2021)

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12/09/2024

Images from “Between Us: Dialogues of Human Representation”

1. Maria Windschüttel, Other World Romanticism (2020)
2. Ilya Daesque, Untitled (2023)
3. Lisa Smit, Selenite (Mineral Love) (2021) .i.s.a.s.m.i.t
4. Vasiliy Khraban, today we will not die (2024) .phg

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12/02/2024

We’re launching our Fast Theory series with the redesigned cover of “The Thread of Water: Ethnography, Photography, & Feminist Ecologies,” photos and text by Julie Patarin-Jossec.

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11/26/2024

Images from “The Dance: Languages of Light and Time” (2nd Edition)

1. Weihnachtsmarkt, Stephansplatz, Artem Pankov (2016)
2. Untitled, Tonatiuh Cabello (2014)
3. Untitled, Alicja Brodowicz (2020)
4. Untitled, Todd Gross (2017)

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11/14/2024

Are visuals biased? Is the media biased? Is it possible to be politically neutral? What is the role of “fairness?” How do visuals make themselves felt in elections and who is giving them their meaning?
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In this episode, Immaterial Voices host Brian O’Neill sits down with two scholars to understand the visual politics of elections. First, Matthew Schneider of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington discusses what President Trump means in terms of the visual culture of American Presidential elections, getting into topics about race and racism in America, the role of whiteness in the election cycles of recent memory, and the limits of news media communications. Then, Sociologist and former journalist Gizem Melek of Queen’s University Belfast discusses her research on the media framing of elections. In so doing, we talk about the rise of social media and the polarization of politics and society in the United States. And she also draws parallels and contrasts with election politics in Turkey. Taken together, we hope this episode provides many insights into the role of visual media in elections globally and across different visual and political regimes.

Listen: https://tinyurl.com/3wbfaana

11/11/2024

Images from “Between Us: Dialogues of Human Representation”

1. Lukasz Wierzbowski, Untitled (2014)
2. Sylvain Biard, Untitled (2018)
3. Jordane Prestrot, Untitled (2021)
4. Dilden Vilberk, Retrospective (2020)

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11/04/2024

How do photographers deal with elections? What is the role of the visual in election politics?
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In this episode, Brian O’Neill interviews three photographers and scholars of visual arts and media to help contextualize the visual culture surrounding elections. Photographer and sociologist Tim Hale revisits the podcast and discusses two books little talked about together. The first is Garry Winogrand’s Public Relations, and the second is William Eggleston’s Election Eve. Tim, a one-time newspaper photojournalist, provides insights into his own history of image-making around elections and then sets that as the context for beginning to understand Winogrand’s concept for Public Relations, a book that corresponds to what sociologist Erving Goffman called the interaction ritual at the “front-stage” v. the “backstage” of social life. As Brian and Tim work through the book, they share stories from their experiences photographing the “spectacle” of the so-called “target-rich” environments that engender rallies and other political events.

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11/02/2024

Fantastic opening night of "Field of Vision: Contemporary Photography in Central Illinois." Thanks to all who came to support the artists. Such a wonderful community! ❤️ More to come ...

10/30/2024

Images from “Natures: Landscapes of Human Intentions” (2nd Edition)

1. Don Hudson, Offerle, Kansas (2011)
2. Anne-Sophie Landou, Gipsy Hood, Cloud House (2019)
3. Lars Nordström, Sand 69 (2020)
4. Bart van Damme, Rotterdam Maasvlakte (2020)

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10/29/2024

Meet the Artists // Field of Vision: Contemporary Photography in Central Illinois

Ryan Searl (b. 1994) is a lens-based artist and photo zinemaker from Ottawa, Illinois. Searl's pictures, largely landscapes, try to wrestle with the complicated stillness and instability of rural spaces. He is frequently yelled at by farmers for standing in ditches.

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10/25/2024

Images from “Natures: Landscapes of Human Intentions” (2nd Edition)

1. Benedetta Falugi, Untitled (2020)
2. Sasha Kurmaz, Untitled, Morocco (2016)
3. Julie Paterson, Untitled (2020)
4. Monica Smaniotto, Tempesta, (2020) .smaniotto

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10/24/2024

Meet the Artists // Field of Vision: Contemporary Photography in Central Illinois

Nathan Pearce (born 1986) is an artist based in Southern Illinois. Pearce works in book and zine making and photography. Pearce’s publications are held in several artists' book and library collections, including those at MoMA, The Met, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Center for Creative Photography. His work has been exhibited in solo shows at the PhotoNola festival, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Nizhniy Tagil Museum of Fine Arts, and The Rangefinder Gallery in Chicago. He has been published in over 200 books, zines, and exhibition catalogs, as well as online in The Huffington Post, The British Journal of Photography, and Juxtapoz.

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10/22/2024

⚡️NEW RELEASE ⚡️

“Between Us: Dialogues of Human Representation” SHARP IDEAS 3

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Subjects and photographers engage in complex dialogues of concealment and revelation—subject and photographer, self to the other, and image to the viewer. Gaze, pose, and frame intertwine to construct intricate narratives Between Us. It is a process that offers a window into the transformative power of personal meaning-making; not necessarily tied to an inherent essence but a complex, performative act within broader societal forces—the dialogues of human representation. Can we ever create and engage with these images as passive spectators? Or are we active participants in the complex, ever-evolving dialogue between image and imagination? Do these forces direct how we capture the fragile echo of human existence between us in the image?

PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Bureau 623 / Marta Bevacqua / Sylvain Biard / Butu Bilikhodze / Jeanne Chauveau / Ilya Daesque / Can Dagarslan & Sophie Bogdan / Dzesika Devic / Alexey Dubinsky / Lee Foxcliff / Francesco Frizzera / Cayetano González / Phillip Kalantzis Cope / Nasos Karabelas / Vasiliy Khraban .phg / Micah McCoy / Maéva Lecoq / Michel Nguie / Jordane Prestrot / Alina Ryzheuskaya / Mariam Sitchinava / Lisa Smit .i.s.a.s.m.i.t / Ja-Shang Tang ja_shang_tang / Jason Travis / Aliaksandr Veledzimovich / Dilden Vilberk / Maria Windschüttel / Lukasz Wierzbowski

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The Sharp Ideas zine series offers insight into this ongoing process of definition and redefinition, bringing together contemporary image-makers as they reflect current trends and push the boundaries of genres. Over the coming weeks, we will be showcasing work from this title.

10/18/2024

Images from “The Dance: Languages of Light and Time” (2nd Edition)

1. Lukas Vasilikos, Untitled, Crete, (2021)
2. Gustavo Minas, Untitled (2021)
3. Asli Gonen, Dilemma (2019)
4. Charalampos Kydonakis, NYC (2017)

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Sharp Ideas

Our “Sharp Ideas” series brings together photographers from around the world in zines that collect work around various themes. “Natures” and “The Dance” are available to purchase now. Keep an eye out for exciting new developments in the series! https://www.immaterialbooks.com/sharpideas