Daniel Merritt – författare

The first ever overview of Pfeiffer's lively artistic output across mediums from the 1960s to the present, from A to ZPublished with Pacific.Inspired by the illustrated alphabets found in abecedariums, this new book on Walter Pfeiffer (born 1946) presents playful and illuminating insights into the Swiss artist’s practice from A to Z, annotated by Pfeiffer himself. The book also features new texts reflecting on five decades of Pfeiffer’s artistic output from an international group of curators, critics and writers. At once a meticulously crafted artist’s book and a comprehensive monograph, Walter Pfeiffer demonstrates the artist’s sustained commitment to exquisite, innovative publications.This book is part of Swiss Institute’s newly redesigned SI Series. Each book in the SI Series adds context through seminal essays, archival materials, event transcripts, artist portfolios and exhibition documentation, as well as reprints and new translations of important texts.

My only hope for this book is to reach one person, one group, so that they may realize that only by the light of God can every shadow of darkness in every corner of their life be dispelled. With just a flicker of hope, His light may shine brightly. So brightly, in fact, that it will illuminate our paths.Through each of these stories, I hope that at least one person learns that there is always someone worse off than we might be.The ability to turn our lives around starts with the willingness to trust, the open-mindedness to let God in, and the faith that He sees our plans and our future. It's only through Him that we can truly discover our purpose in life and, more importantly, the willingness to achieve it. If every person realized that we have exactly enough time in our lives to complete God's purpose according to His will, we would stop implementing our own will. Realizing that He is the author and finisher of our faith and very being, He knows what's best for every situation we face. Now, saying that, I emphasize this: there is a vast difference between existing and living, and only in Him can you genuinely live. Now go! Don't just exist, live.

Stemming from her love of pop punk, Li's multi-channel, participatory installations consider the role of popular culture in ideas of the self, belonging and communityPublished with Aspen Art Museum.Across video, sculpture, poetry and installations, Chinese artist Shuang Li (born 1990) considers how language shapes identities and relationships within digital networks. I'm Not, Li's first monograph, examines how a teenage Li embraced American emo subculture as a way to learn English and find an international community.