I am very pleased to announce my upcoming book, published by gestalten to be released in mid Jan. 2012.

Edited by Domencio Quaranta Design by Manuel Bürger With essays by: Josephine Bosma, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Jon Cates, Lindsay Howard, Alessandro Ludovico, Evan Roth, Bruce Sterling, Brad Troemel

————————————————- Thx to everyone involved in this!! ————————————————- https://shop.gestalten.com/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/4453 Aram Bartholl The Speed Book Perceptive and entertaining investigations of digital culture. Release Date: January 2012 Format: 21,6 x 28 cm Features: 268 pages, full color, hardcover Language: English ISBN: 978-3-89955-393-2 About This Book Aram Bartholl’s work explores the power structures, the social systems, the cultural innovations, the inner dynamics, the languages, and the products that are shaping our age. This first comprehensive monograph offers entry to an oeuvre in which space and cyberspace mingle and mangle each other, a realm that uses as little technology as possible while still speaking a digital language. Aram Bartholl: The Speed Book features savvy experiments with transitions from the virtual to the physical: USB sticks embedded into walls, buildings, and curbs; giant real-life versions of Google’s red map markers positioned in public spaces; portraits generated from search results. An introduction by critic and curator Domenico Quaranta as well as essays by science fiction writer Bruce Sterling, art critics, and fellow artists guide readers through a wonderfully skewed version of reality under the influence of the internet, something Sterling refers to as Bartholl’s “self-created twilight zone.” … read more and preview etc