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The Crime Was Almost Perfect

 - The Crime Was Almost Perfect
A continuation (rather than simply documentation or commentary) of the exhibition “The Crime Was Almost Perfect” at the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam.
What makes crime stories fascinating is that the divisions between the criminal, the victims, and the audience are constantly blurred: we are all potential victims and could perhaps become criminals ourselves.
While the exhibition “The Crime Was Almost Perfect” at the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam functioned more as a “space for experimentation,” this publication aims to investigate not only detective fiction but the more theoretical, philosophical, and aesthetic aspects of the genre. Published following the closing of the exhibition, this catalogue should be considered a continuation of the project, as a resource in itself, rather than simply documentation or commentary.
Taking a more literary approach to the theme, the publication includes commissioned fictive works and three relevant theoretical essays. The essays were chosen, not only to address the participating artists' practices or artworks, but to provide analysis of some of the issues raised in the exhibition. The publication includes Tom Morton's story “The Thick End” and Astrid Trotzig's “threat letters,” as well as essays by Michael Zinganel and Alexandra Midal, and Karl Marx's “The Productivity of Crime.”
Published on the occasion of the eponymous group exhibition curated by Cristina Ricupero at Witte de With, Rotterdam, January 24–April 27, 2014.
Edited by Cristina Ricupero, Defne Ayas, Amira Gad.
Contributions by Alexandra Midal, Tom Morton, Cristina Ricupero, Astrid Trotzig, Michael Zinganel.

Graphic design by Anna Haas.
 
published in September 2014
English edition
14,3 x 21 cm (softcover)
176 pages (61 color & 38 b/w ill.)
 
12.00
 
ISBN : 978-3-95679-066-9
EAN : 9783956790669
 
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