Steal this book, 2009
Ed. Paraguay Press
Ed. 15.000. 136 pp. 11 x 18 cm
Texts: English/Spanish/German/French
Price: 14 €
A tribute to Abby Hoffmann’s pamphlet of the same name, Steal this Book documents 11 recent performative projects by Dora García. Edited by François Piron, the book presents the correspondence of the artist with the various interpreters of the situations she sets up. Questions, misunderstandings and arguments, are disclosed, making the book part suspense story, part user’s manual, part script for a stand-up comedy. Steal this Book is presented in exhibitions as a sculpture meant to be stolen, but can also be found in selected bookstores.
Ed. Paraguay Press
Ed. 15.000. 136 pp. 11 x 18 cm
Texts: English/Spanish/German/French
Price: 14 €
A tribute to Abby Hoffmann’s pamphlet of the same name, Steal this Book documents 11 recent performative projects by Dora García. Edited by François Piron, the book presents the correspondence of the artist with the various interpreters of the situations she sets up. Questions, misunderstandings and arguments, are disclosed, making the book part suspense story, part user’s manual, part script for a stand-up comedy. Steal this Book is presented in exhibitions as a sculpture meant to be stolen, but can also be found in selected bookstores.
I read it with golden fingers (Le Dépepleur-Samuel Beckett), 2009
Used book, golden leaf paint. Unique.
10 x 18 cm
Sold out.
Dora García marks this novel with her own golden fingerprints, and in this way, gives the book a "unique" character. At the same time, the golden pigment is erased by the next readers.
Used book, golden leaf paint. Unique.
10 x 18 cm
Sold out.
Dora García marks this novel with her own golden fingerprints, and in this way, gives the book a "unique" character. At the same time, the golden pigment is erased by the next readers.
Seuils-Drempels, 2008
Ed. Versbrussel/ Wiels
unpag. 10,5 x 15 cm. Texts: French/Flemish
A "strolling" guide inviting the public to take a walk to the Beyond side. An architectural/urban/tourist guide to the doors of the buildings, private or public, where a community meets for spiritual purposes in the city of Brussels. An annex is added at the end, giving further explanation regarding the beliefs that were too large or too complex to be contained in the entries. All buildings are housing the community reunions at the moment of publication of this book. Some of them did not want to appear, and their wish has been respected.
Ed. Versbrussel/ Wiels
unpag. 10,5 x 15 cm. Texts: French/Flemish
A "strolling" guide inviting the public to take a walk to the Beyond side. An architectural/urban/tourist guide to the doors of the buildings, private or public, where a community meets for spiritual purposes in the city of Brussels. An annex is added at the end, giving further explanation regarding the beliefs that were too large or too complex to be contained in the entries. All buildings are housing the community reunions at the moment of publication of this book. Some of them did not want to appear, and their wish has been respected.
The Beggar´s. Book, diary, evenings, 2008
Ed. Verlag König. 566 pp. 13 x 29,8 cm
Texts: German/English. Price: 20 €
García’s contribution to Skulptur Projekte Münster’07, a work inspired by John Gay’s XVIII century opera, The Beggar’s Opera, later adapted by Bertolt Brecht as the The Threepenny Opera. García worked with three actors who played the character of Charles Filch, a beggar who wandered Münster interacting with citizens and tourists. The actors functioned as catalizers, collecting and distributing information, entering into dialogue with people or triggering actions. The book contains the diary Charles The Beggar Filch kept, and a selection of his routines, “The beggar’s evenings”, held at the Metropolis-Kino.
Ed. Verlag König. 566 pp. 13 x 29,8 cm
Texts: German/English. Price: 20 €
García’s contribution to Skulptur Projekte Münster’07, a work inspired by John Gay’s XVIII century opera, The Beggar’s Opera, later adapted by Bertolt Brecht as the The Threepenny Opera. García worked with three actors who played the character of Charles Filch, a beggar who wandered Münster interacting with citizens and tourists. The actors functioned as catalizers, collecting and distributing information, entering into dialogue with people or triggering actions. The book contains the diary Charles The Beggar Filch kept, and a selection of his routines, “The beggar’s evenings”, held at the Metropolis-Kino.
Twice Told Tales, 2007
Ed. CGAC. 104 pp. 11 x 16 cm
Texts: Spanish/English. Price: 18 €
Twice Told Tales is the 4rth part of the on-going work All the Stories. The book attempts to collect all the stories of the world, each summarized in no more than four lines. The title refers to the mythical collection of short stories (1837) written by Hawthorne and commented by Poe. They were called ‘Twice Told Tales’ because, prior to their publication as a book, they had been published in magazines and annuals. The stories in the book, come exclusively from newspaper articles and headlines from 2006-2007, which can be recognized by the reader.
Ed. CGAC. 104 pp. 11 x 16 cm
Texts: Spanish/English. Price: 18 €
Twice Told Tales is the 4rth part of the on-going work All the Stories. The book attempts to collect all the stories of the world, each summarized in no more than four lines. The title refers to the mythical collection of short stories (1837) written by Hawthorne and commented by Poe. They were called ‘Twice Told Tales’ because, prior to their publication as a book, they had been published in magazines and annuals. The stories in the book, come exclusively from newspaper articles and headlines from 2006-2007, which can be recognized by the reader.
CCL Cellule Cité Lénine, 2006
Ed. Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers
160 pp. 13 x 19 cm. Text: French
Dora García’s recruited a collaborator, Karim, to enter the community of Cité Lénine as a new neighbour, to collect the stories being told about the building. Following Garcia’s instructions, Karim acted as a resident, listening to the rhythms, the breathing, the schedule, the stories, the events, the opinions, the thoughts of the building and their inhabitants. He was an attentive and engaged observer, but remained an outsider. The publication compiles Karim’s day-to-day journal, as a chronicle, a portrait of the state.
Ed. Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers
160 pp. 13 x 19 cm. Text: French
Dora García’s recruited a collaborator, Karim, to enter the community of Cité Lénine as a new neighbour, to collect the stories being told about the building. Following Garcia’s instructions, Karim acted as a resident, listening to the rhythms, the breathing, the schedule, the stories, the events, the opinions, the thoughts of the building and their inhabitants. He was an attentive and engaged observer, but remained an outsider. The publication compiles Karim’s day-to-day journal, as a chronicle, a portrait of the state.
The Prophets, 2006
Ed. CGAC
284 pp. 21 x 29,5 cm
Texts: Gallego/Spanish/English
Artist book which compiles all the "The Prophets" performances Dora Garcia presented at the Tate Modern, London, the Smak, Ghent, the CGAC, Santiago de Compostela and the MNCARS, Madrid, Spain.
Ed. CGAC
284 pp. 21 x 29,5 cm
Texts: Gallego/Spanish/English
Artist book which compiles all the "The Prophets" performances Dora Garcia presented at the Tate Modern, London, the Smak, Ghent, the CGAC, Santiago de Compostela and the MNCARS, Madrid, Spain.
Forever, 2005
Ed. Cru, Figueres
Ed. 500, unpag. 15 x 21 cm
Out of print / Out of stock / Agotado
Forever is a webcam installed in one of the exhibitions rooms of the Frac Lorraine, potentially allowing the artist to observe continuosly the interior of the art center. In Forever it is the institution and the narratives it generates what becomes the subject matter of the artist´s work. These narratives are presented to the public by means of an on-line diary and a series of books. This is the first book of a series of five, which will be bound together in the first volume of Forever.
Ed. Cru, Figueres
Ed. 500, unpag. 15 x 21 cm
Out of print / Out of stock / Agotado
Forever is a webcam installed in one of the exhibitions rooms of the Frac Lorraine, potentially allowing the artist to observe continuosly the interior of the art center. In Forever it is the institution and the narratives it generates what becomes the subject matter of the artist´s work. These narratives are presented to the public by means of an on-line diary and a series of books. This is the first book of a series of five, which will be bound together in the first volume of Forever.
Forever II, 2006
Ed. Cru, Figueres
Ed. 500, unpag. 15 x 21 cm
Price: 12 €
Ed. Cru, Figueres
Ed. 500, unpag. 15 x 21 cm
Price: 12 €
Forever III, 2006
Ed. Cru, Figueres
Ed. 500, unpag. 15 x 21 cm
Price: 12 €
Ed. Cru, Figueres
Ed. 500, unpag. 15 x 21 cm
Price: 12 €
