{"product_id":"9782490862429","title":"Total by Claudia Rankine","description":"OntheoccasionofMartineSyms'exhibition,thiscatalogentitledTotalretracestheartisticpracticeofMartineSymssince2005,immersingreadersinatotalworkofartthatlooksatthe\"theateroftheeveryday\",therolesweplayinit,andthesurveillancemechanismsthatcontrolthem.   Theartist'sworkbridgesthegapbetweenthepublicandtheprivate,theseenandtheunseen,theinsideandtheoutside.   Betweenintimatereferences,historicalarchives,culturalrepresentationsofBlackness,feministhistoryandinvocationsofspirituality,Totalpresentsitselfasaworkinwhichthemechanismsofidentityconstructionareplayedoutandreflected.   AuthorClaudiaRankinewritesanacademicessayanalyzingMartineSyms'bodyofwork.   ArtistandpoetHannahBlackcomposesanexperimentaltextbasedonastrologicalreferencestoSyms'personality.   Finally,exhibitioncuratoranddirectoroftheLafayetteFoundationRebeccaLamarcheisinconversationwiththeguestartist.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313261031797,"sku":"9782490862429","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9782490862429.jpg?v=1762826220","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9782490862429","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}