{"title":"Serpentine Galleries","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks and catalogues from the Serpentine in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"future-art-ecosystems-1","title":"Future Art Ecosystems 1: Art x Advanced Technologies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first briefing from Future Art Ecosystems, Serpentine's project on the infrastructure that art made with advanced technologies depends on, published in 2020 as \u003cem\u003eArt x Advanced Technologies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt sets out to name and describe the structures now forming around artists who work with technology, and asks what that work needs in order to function and grow. The view it takes rests on Serpentine's own projects with Ian Cheng, Hito Steyerl, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, James Bridle and Cecile B. Evans, and on a round of interviews: with the artists Holly Herndon, Refik Anadol, Rebecca Allen and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, with Hyphen-Labs and Takashi Kudo of teamLab, and with figures from outside the studio such as Kenric McDowell of Google Research's Artists + Machine Intelligence programme, Julia Kaganskiy of NEW INC, the futurist Noah Raford and Rachel Armstrong of Newcastle University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade by Serpentine's R\u0026amp;D Platform together with Rival Strategy, in a small pocket format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSerpentine Galleries, 2020. 9 x 13.5 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serpentine Galleries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57984434307403,"sku":"9781908617668","price":200.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0968\/0401\/2363\/files\/cover_cf40c952-7e92-4e1e-82ef-7362d3aa0220.jpg?v=1790774527"},{"product_id":"future-art-ecosystems-2","title":"Future Art Ecosystems 2: Art x Metaverse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt x Metaverse\u003c\/em\u003e, the second Future Art Ecosystems briefing from Serpentine, published in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts starting point is the metaverse, understood as a parallel online world that never switches off, and the change this brings to ideas of digital systems and of being physically present. The briefing asks what twenty-first-century cultural infrastructure would need in order to influence where that world goes. It also draws on the pandemic years, looking at the difficulties and openings institutions met when virtual environments became a matter of public space and accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSerpentine gathered views from more than fifty people and organisations working in art, cinema, games, technology and the wider creative sector. Contributors include the artists Keiken, Joey Holder, Larry Achiampong, Rindon Johnson, David Blandy and Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, alongside Jo Twist of UKIE, Trevor McFedries of Brud, Andie Nordgren of Unity, Jay-Ann Lopez of Black Girl Gamers and Gabrielle Jenks of Manchester International Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSerpentine Galleries, 2021. 9 x 13.5 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serpentine Galleries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57984435028299,"sku":"9781908617736","price":200.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0968\/0401\/2363\/files\/cover_325bec5e-9e8b-4233-a8f4-80af5c388eb9.jpg?v=1790774524"},{"product_id":"future-art-ecosystems-3","title":"Future Art Ecosystems 3: Art x Decentralised Tech","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe third volume of Future Art Ecosystems, Serpentine's yearly briefing on art and advanced technology, looks at blockchains, crypto and the decentralised web, and at what they could change in the way cultural organisations make, distribute and fund work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGary Zhexi Zhang and Victoria Ivanova wrote the text, Sarah Shin edited it, and it was produced by Serpentine's R\u0026amp;D Platform with Rival Strategy, drawing on interviews with people working in art, technology, policy and civic life. Contributors include Ruth Catlow of Furtherfield, Seb Chan of ACMI and the legal scholar Primavera De Filippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is in three parts. The first identifies new patterns in the field, such as networked provenance, the artist as platform and community as a form of aura; the second weighs limits against possibilities; the third sets out proposals for a more interoperable sector, built around shared ownership and modular ways of working. The closing words come from Hans Ulrich Obrist with Bettina Korek. Roxy Zeiher and Eva Jäger designed the book, and the artwork is by Harm van den Dorpel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSerpentine Galleries, 2022. 152 pages, 9 x 13.5 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serpentine Galleries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57984435945803,"sku":"9781908617781","price":200.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0968\/0401\/2363\/files\/cover_fbf0c2c0-f3d7-43d3-9b95-aec277d3d0e0.jpg?v=1790774532"},{"product_id":"future-art-ecosystems-4","title":"Future Art Ecosystems 4: Art x Public AI","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fourth Future Art Ecosystems briefing from Serpentine, launched in March 2024, looks at artificial intelligence and the case for handling it not only as a new kind of technology product but as a shared public resource and a form of infrastructure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts authors are Alasdair Milne, Victoria Ivanova, Eva Jäger and Gary Zhexi Zhang, and the analysis comes from the Creative AI Lab and Serpentine Arts Technologies. 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