PUBLICATIONS | EDITIONS AND PRINTS
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A CIRCLE IN THE (w)HOLE This important publication is the definitive introduction to Leo Asemota’s “The Ens Project”. The works were created over a period of two years beginning in 2005 and are inspired by Benin commemorative brass Heads and the history of the British military action of 1897 against the Kingdom of Benin. Published in an edition of 100 copies, A Circle In The (w)Hole is the first in a section of forthcoming publications from the different stages in “The Ens Project”. If you would like to order a copy, or subscribe to the collection of publications from the project, please email your request with your contact details to enterprise@eotla.com. ACITw -Abstract (pdf)
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AFTER WALTER This CD contains the first half in the hour-long performance interpretation by Leo Asemota on Walter Benjamin’s highly regarded essay “An Artwork in The Age of Its Technological Reproducibility”. The performance marked the fourth stage in “The Ens Project” and was broadcast on London’s premiere art radio station Resonance 104.4FM. Designed by Asemota, the disc is of an advanced premium grade black on black composition encased in a jewel case with an imprint of a still from the colour digital film of the performance; the jewel case is presented in a yellow corrugated cardboard box. The package also features loose leafed inserts of promotional material for the performance, a description of the project and a certificate of ownership signed by Leo Asemota. Leo Asemota | After Walter; Act 1 is released in an edition of 100 signed copies. 2007 Publisher: EotLA |
FURTHER READING
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INDEX ON CENSORSHIP Volume 35 Number 2 Index on Censorship is the only magazine devoted to protecting and promoting free expression. In this issue, Hidden StoriesFrom Chernobyl (The lives Chernobyl failed to end), Parallel Lives (An exploration of multiculturalism in Britain with John Agard, Jean Binta-Breeze, Ted Cantle, Ekow Eshun, Moris Farhi, amongst others), and a special feature on Imagine Art After* (Art across the great divide from Nigeria, Serbia, Montenegro and Iraq) 2006 *Feature includes extracts from the online dialogue between Leo Asemota and his Nigerian counterpart Muyiwa Osifuye featuring a selection of images from Asemota’s project imagine art daily series which he devised in response to the conversations and the project as a whole.
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HOXTON STORY This book is an edited compilation of interviews conducted by Lisa Goldman Artist Director of The Red Room and her team over a period of nine months with Hoxton residents on ideas of heritage, community and regeneration. Published on the occasion of the site-specific production of Hoxton Story in London the book also presents Asemota’s stunning portfolio of documentary photographic portraits of the local Hoxton area and the residents interviewed for the project. Hoxton Story (pdf)
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pen (with New Attitude) Issue No. 142 Japanese lifestyle and culture magazine with a special feature “pen style -Comme des Garcon Hommes Plus”, a fashion story based on Leo Asemota’s photographic work FiTH WORK No. 23: The Cure and produced in collaboration with his studio. 2004
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MOTION PICTURES BOOK OF CREDIT This artists’ book was published on the occasion of the exhibition “Leo Asemota – Motion Pictures” in 2003 at 198 Gallery in London. The book contains the titles of and list of the personnel in Asemota’s films in the exhibition. 2003
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PERFORMING DIFFERENCE Performing Difference is an invaluable introduction to cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural enquiry for all readers and students interested in contemporary artistic practice. The publication focuses on 14 artists who have been supported by The Artsadmin Artists’ Bursary Programme from 1998 – 2002. The artists were selected because of the multiple worlds they inhabit: the overlaps between identity, language, history, geography, politics, race and the mythic. Featured artists: Jananne Al-Ani, Leo Asemota, Oreet Ashery, Zarina Bhimji, Ansuman Biswas, Sonia Boyce, Marisa Carnesky, Robin Deacon, Kazuko Hohki, Maria Kheirkhah, Mem Morrison, Peter Reder, Zineb Sedira, Delroi Williams. 2002
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MAGNET Magnet is a group of artists and curators from different parts of the world, dedicated to making critical interventions in contemporary art in a global context. The journal Magnet is the group’s first venture and the first issue focuses on the notion of ‘non-place’ and reflects the group’s idea of a ‘mobile biennial’ comprising of ideas and artwork that are not constrained to a single geographical location or format. This issue features Leo Asemota, Ricardo Basbaum, Clifford Charles, Suman Gopinath, Veliswa Gwintsa. Hou Hanru, Michelle Marxuach, Janaki Nair, Oupa Ngwenya, Steve Ouditt, Guillermo Santamarina, Gary Stewart, Ramidan Suliman, Gilane Tawadros. 2001
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SKELETONS OF FISH This monograph is an account of Leo Asemota’s contribution to the LIFT, London International Festival of Theatre production Skeletons of Fish in 2001. The catalogue contains candid black and white portraits of the artists in the stage production and a DVD of Asemota’s evocative and enthralling film that provided audiences with an outstanding prefacing experience to the performances at the Riverside Studio, London. 2001
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Camden ’s Black History Month: 2001 This limited edition booklet was published for the annual Black history month celebrations. The publication which was inspired by Leo Asemota’s Map of a City project featured an event schedule, a chronology of a history of Black achievers through the ages and a selection of images from Asemota’s project that were pertinent to the concerns of the publication. 2001 |
ASSOCIATED PUBLICATIONS
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BENIN – KINGS AND RITUALS Court arts from Nigeria Published to accompany the major international touring exhibition, “Benin – Kings and Rituals Court arts from Nigeria” this monumental volume offers an overview of art and culture in the Kingdom of Benin, from the fourteenth until the nineteenth century. It documents the fall of the independent Kingdom, its reconstitution in the twentieth century, and its continued existence until today. 2007
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Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit Walter Benjamin’s celebrated essay in a gift edition. The essay was the subject of Leo Asemota’s “After Walter”, a performance interpretation written specifically for radio presentation which aired on Resonance 104.4FM in 2007. 2006
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ILLUMINATIONS – Walter Benjamin This collected volume of t he literary-philosophical works of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) offers the best possible access to his singular and significant achievement and contains amongst others his most celebrated essay “The Artwork in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility”. The essay was the subject of Leo Asemota’s “After Walter”, a performance interpretation written specifically for radio presentation which aired on Resonance 104.4FM in 2007. 1999
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