Camille Henrot. Elephant Child

Originated during an Artist Research Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution, which laid the groundwork for her 2013 video Grosse Fatigue and the subsequent installation The Pale Fox (2014–15), Elephant Child represents the culmination of a long-term inquiry into the human effort to make the universe comprehensible. The book contains an original text by Henrot written with Clara Meister and Michael Connor, documentation, sketches, and research materials. An interview between Henrot and social anthropologist Monique Jeudy-Ballini offers insight into Henrot’s characteristic approach of knowledge production and organization. Ultimately, the book is an object of high universalist ambition—devoid of authority, creating instead a vivid prismatic image of the realm of thought.

Editorial direction : Jacob Bromberg, Michael Connor, Clara Meister and Kristina Scepanski
Coordination : Clara Meister and Kristina Scepanski
Assistants coordination : Rosa McElheny and Lou Svahn
Graphic design : Project Projects

Edited by Iventory Press, New-York, and Koenig Books, London

Distribution: RAM Publications (North America), Buchhandlung Walther König (Germany and Europe), Cornerhouse Publications (UK et Ireland)

Parution: 2016

English edition

20 x 30 cm 

208 pages 

ISBN 978-1-941753-06-4 (Inventory Press)
ISBN 978-3-86335-830-3 (Koenig Books)
 

29€

The publication can be purchased at Bétonsalon - center for Art and research, and is available for mail order (cost of the book + postage).