{"product_id":"andrew-e-colarusso-black-body-index","title":"ANDREW E.COLARUSSO \/ Black Body Index","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew E. Colarusso\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack Body Index, 2024\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover, 130 pages\u003cbr\u003e20 x 14cm\u003cbr\u003eBook Works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThen there was the sculpture, a large lustrous black stone of alien provenance. Walking around it I realised that the sculpture had been placed so that upon entering one might see only its black surface. On the other side it revealed a surface open and coated in gold glitter,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003egeodic revelation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e. I knelt to inspect it closer, witness to a tiny spider crawling across its surface, from black to gold and back.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew E. Colarusso’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Body Index\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes the concept of the ‘ideal black body’ as its guiding object. In thermodynamics and physics, the ideal black body is a theoretical object that absorbs and emits all incident radiation. No such object exists, though a few come close…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold in a mercurial constellation of fragments that move between memoir, poetry and thermodynamic theory, Andrew E. Colarusso’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Body Index\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einspects the ‘thingification’ of an\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eideal\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eblack life and refutes it—insisting on the freedom to live beyond the demands of an enforced objecthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Body Index\u003c\/em\u003e is published as part of \u003cem\u003eArrhythmia\u003c\/em\u003e, a series curated for Book Works by Katrina Palmer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew E. Colarusso was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City. He occasionally writes things when not tending to his bookstore, Taylor \u0026amp; Co. Books, in the Ditmas Park neighbourhood of Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKatrina Palmer is an artist and writer, living in London. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Object\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), \u003cem\u003eThe Fabricators Tale\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem\u003eEnd Matter \u003c\/em\u003e(2015) and \u003cem\u003eBlack Slit\u003c\/em\u003e (2023), all published by Book Works. She has exhibited extensively, including with an Artangel Open commission (2015), at Henry Moore Institute (2015-16), Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2018), and with Estuary and Waterfronts (2021). She received the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists (2014). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ANDREW E.COLARUSSO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51596347310361,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/5024\/2841\/files\/012_7ccadcd7-fd16-46ff-a349-b452241e2e17.jpg?v=1761977328","url":"https:\/\/landslidebooksandobjects.com\/products\/andrew-e-colarusso-black-body-index","provider":"Landslide","version":"1.0","type":"link"}