Published on the occasion of a solo exhibition of work by Alicia Framis, a multifaceted artist born in Barcelona and educated in Paris and Amsterdam, this large-format book delves into all aspects of her oeuvre over the last fifteen years, from films and installations to performance art and fashion design. Divided into three broader themes – social architecture, fashion and demonstrations, and wishing walls – it investigates her work and its interaction with people, addressing various societal issues like race, gender and discrimination while employing strategies of performativity to reclaim public space and bridge the distance between artist and audience.0Exhibition: Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, the Netherlands (8.6.-29.9.2013) / Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbrück, Austria (14.12.2013-23.2.2014) / MUSAC, Léon, Spain (15.3.-6.7.2014) / Centre for Contemporary Art, Brugge, Belgium (20.9.-23.11.2014). 0Exhibition:

Interested in improving contemporary urban life and the social relations that it contains, Alicia Framis has, for instance, spent the night with strangers, recording their dreams, and built a mobile platform where artists, architects and the public can develop and exchange ideas. Her work from 1994 to the present is collected here.

La exposición forma parte de una serie de proyectos en los que la artista examina la cotidianidad de distintos espacios de trabajo. La particularidad de estas filmaciones viene dada por el hecho de que los distintos empleados y visitantes ocasionales de estos lugares se encuentran "detenidos"exactamente como si las acciones estuviesen suspendidas y pudiesen ser retomadas en el mismo punto al cabo de unos instantes. Framis realiza un travelling por los diferentes espacios, moviéndose con su cámara entre sus actores reales, registrando sus posturas congeladas. En esta ocasión ha contado con la participación del equipo humano que forma parte de la empresa Inditex en su fábrica de Arteixo (A Coruña).

A kind of imaginary city-in-a-book dreamt up by the Spanish artist, brings together 28 artists, architects, and writers including Mariko Mori, Otto Berchem, and members of MVRDV, among many others in order to examine mental and physical loneliness, especially within the context of urban life and the urban landscape.

"As we mark MASS MoCA's 20th anniversary, we thought it a good time to look back on all we've been through-most of it exhilarating, some of it enervating-and all we've accomplished. We could not have achieved any of it without a modicum of necessary naiveté and much brave and generous support. I hope you enjoy the book. We look forward to the third edition-a decade or so from now." -- Joe Thompson