{"product_id":"cecilia-vicuna-about-to-happen","title":"Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new edition of artist-poet Cecilia Vicu a's artist's book on the politics of the sea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning and ending at the edge of the ocean at the sacred mouth of the Aconcagua River, \u003ci\u003eAbout to Happen\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a lament as well as love letter to the sea. In this artist's book, Chilean-born artist and poet Cecilia Vicu a weaves personal and ancestral memory while summoning the collective power to confront the economic disparities and environmental crises of the 21st century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollecting the detritus that washes up on shore, Vicu a assembles out of the refuse tiny \u003ci\u003eprecarios\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ebasuritas\u003c\/i\u003e--little sculptures held together with nothing more than string and wire, which she sometimes makes as offerings to be reclaimed by the sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout to Happen\u003c\/i\u003e traces a decades-long practice that has refused categorical distinctions and thrived within the confluences of conceptual art, land art, feminist art, performance and poetry. Vicu a's nuanced visual poetics--operating fluidly between concept and craft, text and textile--transforms the discarded into the elemental, paying acute attention to the displaced, the marginalized and the forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11816818\"\u003eCecilia Vicuna\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Siglio Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 7.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938221231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938221230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART016030\"\u003eIndividual Artists | Monographs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART044000\"\u003eCaribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Siglio Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42682426491117,"sku":"9781938221231","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_148c05f8-684b-45c2-af55-1341c6f6c9e8.jpg?v=1649721591","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/cecilia-vicuna-about-to-happen","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}