{"title":"Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"caleb-stein-how-to-move-a-mountain","title":"Caleb Stein: How to Move a Mountain","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Move a Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotographs by Caleb Stein\u003cbr\u003eEssay by David Campany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesign by Zoe Lemelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9.25 x 6.7 inches, softcover\u003cbr\u003e100 pages \/ 40 plates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e979-8-218-27261-6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eHow to Move a Mountain \u003c\/i\u003eis Caleb Stein’s photographic essay of the Carrara marble quarry, a series of intimate portraits of robotic arms and raw marble that offer nuance to today’s debate around artistic authorship and AI and computer-augmented art. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSent on a commission for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/innovation\/can-robots-replace-michelangelo-180983240\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/innovation\/can-robots-replace-michelangelo-180983240\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSmithsonian Magazine\u003c\/a\u003e, Caleb Stein traveled to northern Italy to photograph Robotor, a company based in the Carrara quarries that utilizes digital schematics and robotic technology to translate marble into sculpture. The quarry has been mined for millenia, its marble sculpted by generations upon generations of artists and, now, with the introduction of new advancements in technology to the sculptural process, conceptions of artistic authorship come into question.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhotographed in black and white, Stein’s portraits of this site lend an intimate eye to the process. As robotic arms carve topographic maps into the surfaces of the stone, water drips down the steel machinery, the lines mimicking the striations of gray found in the raw marble. This exploration of texture and light reveal the drama unfolding in this quarry–a place where artistic visions find their form, whether assisted by human hand or robotic arm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetails of the digital schematics that instruct robots to sculpt marble are printed on sheets of tracing paper throughout the book. These spreads both juxtapose and connect Stein’s photographs with the process his images investigate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe artist book is accompanied by an essay by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/davidcampany.com\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/davidcampany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDavid Campany\u003c\/a\u003e, which details the history between photography and sculpture and Stein’s place within this lineage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Trade Edition","offer_id":41416737521777,"sku":"LP02_TE","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Limited Edition with Print","offer_id":41416737554545,"sku":"LP02_LE","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/1661\/6817\/files\/LuhzPress_Stein_HTMAM_Cover34-dith-final_94a6e9c5-da38-4ccf-bba9-d22d27dd31b6.png?v=1731430041"},{"product_id":"ken-graves-the-meaning-of-gravity","title":"Ken Graves: The Meaning of Gravity","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eWorks by Ken Graves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssay by Eva Lipman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCo-edited by Alexander Helmintoller and Zoe Lemelson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesign by Zoe Lemelson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition of 800\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11.5x9.25 inches, Clothbound hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e128 pages \/ 88 plates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e979-8-218-26254-9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLuhz Press presents \"The Meaning of Gravity,\" the first monograph of collage works by Ken Graves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKen Graves created hundreds of collages from the mid-1970s until his passing in 2016, using medical journals, technical manuals, advertisements, and found objects. Highly influenced by Surrealism's aim to reveal the subconscious through dream-like scenes, he reconfigured the material of popular culture to unveil the social undercurrents embedded in commercial imagery. Graves' collages examine the tension of societal roles-from intimate relationships, to duty, to one's sex or station-and masterfully reveals the hidden rituals that have been erected to create and maintain a set of social orders. 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