APOGEE -A Compilation of Solitude, Ecology & Recreation

2011

By nüans / language: English and German / 368 p / ills colour & bw / 20 x 28 cm / hardcover / edition 600 / Revolver Publishing

With contributions by: Aaron Garber-Maikovska & Gabriel Vincent Griffith (Los Angeles)
Agan Harahap (Jakarta)
Alpcologne (Riccio, Mitch Hoehler, Ebasa Pallada, Norbert Schmeißer) (Cologne)
Alexander Wissel (Düsseldorf)
Alexandra Wolff (Düsseldorf)
Allora & Calzadilla (San Juan)
Ana Barrado (Key Largo)
Anina Brisolla (Berlin)
Anna Heidenhain (nüans)
ARCU (Katharina Ritter & Jan Engels) (Saarbrücken)
Ashok Sukumaran (Mumbai)
Aslı Çavuşoğlu (Istanbul)
Borga Kantürk (Izmir)
CAMP (Ashok Sukumaran, Iyesha Geeth, Abbas Sanjay Bhangar, Shaina Anand, Zinnia Ambapardiwala) (Mumbai)
Can Altay (Istanbul)
Cevdet Erek (Istanbul)
Christo and Jeanne-Claude (New York)
Christopher Richmond (Los Angeles)
Christoph Westermeier (Düsseldorf / Amsterdam)
Dan Graham (New York)
Daniel Devlin (London)
David Rieff (New York)
Dolly Freed (Texas)
E.C. Large (1902–76)
Edwin Stolk (Amsterdam)
Elke Kania (Cologne)
Elmar Hermann (nüans)
Felicitas Rohden (Düsseldorf)
Glen Rubsamen (Rome)
Gökçe Suvari (Istanbul)
Gregory Mohr (Mainz)
Gudrun Benonysdottir (Reykjavik)
Guy Ben Ner (Tel Aviv)
Hank Schmidt in der Beek (Berlin)
Hannes Böhringer (Berlin)
Harald Uhr (Cologne)
Hüsseyin Karakaya (Düsseldorf)
Ian Cooper (New York)
Jacopo Miliani (Milano)
Jakob Kolding (Berlin)
Jerry Goralnick (New York)
Jessica Gispert (New York)
Johannes-Paul Raether (Berlin)
Judith Schalansky (Berlin)
Klara Adam (Berlin)
Knut Klaßen (Hamburg)
Kristina Kramer (Istanbul)
Lawrence Weiner (New York / Amsterdam)
Leonora Bisagno (Luxembourg)
Lin May (Berlin)
Louise Lawler (New York)
Lucy Harvey (Düsseldorf)
Maiko Sugano (Tokyo)
Maki Umehara (nüans)
Manuel Graf (Düsseldorf)
Marcus Herse (Los Angeles)
Mark von Schlegell (Cologne)
Martina Klein (Düsseldorf)
Massimo Ricciardo (Sicily)
Matthew Licht (Florence)
Matthias Lahme (Düsseldorf)
Michael H. Shamberg (New York)
Michael Tomasello (Lepzig)
Mladen Stilinović (Zagreb)
Nancy Popp (Los Angeles)
nüans (Anna Heidenhain, Elmar Hermann, Maki Umehara)
Paolo Masi (Florence)
Paul Thek (1933-1988)
Peter Maass & Michael Kamber (New York)
P. Hoegen & C. Stikker (Amsterdam)
Raqs Media Collective (Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula, Shuddhabrata Sengupta) (Delhi)
Rebecca Weeks (Penzance)
Riccardo Ruberti (Livorno)
Rick Barnocky (Düsseldorf)
Rita McBride (Düsseldorf / New York)
Robert Kraiss (Cologne)
Shigeru Takato (Cologne)
Shruti Mahajan (Mumbai)
Thomas Kilpper (Berlin)
Toshinao Yoshioka (Nagoya)
Tue Greenfort (Berlin)
Tunç Ali Çam (Istanbul)
V.Vale (San Francisco)
Walter Wehner (Essen)
Wjm Kok (Amsterdam)

APOGEE refers to the point in the universe which is the furthest distance from the earth. It is a mathematical quantity and allegory for the absolute seclusion and the chronological relativity.

APOGEE is the retreat to privacy, confidentiality and relaxation - a productive time out. Your public life begins as soon as you leave the island and come into contact with other people. Only absolute solitude offers political asylum and a comfortable space for inconsistency. This seems to be a utopian idea, but is considered to play an important role in the book.

In March 2010, nüans was located in three different time zones. Thus the search of ideas and material for a book project started. Further relocations followed and with each city we hit upon further ideas, people and contributions. Gradually, an expansive archipelago has developed.

APOGEE gathers more than 80 contributions by artists and authors dealing with the topics of isolation, island life and incredible selflessness.