Personal Empires
What:
Personal Empires
Who:
And Collective
Where:
Queen Clothing, Artisan Books, Brunswick Street Bookstore, Monkhouse Design, LUPA, Greville Street Books, NGV Shop, Metropolis Books, Sticky, Craft Victoria, Paperback Books
How much:
RRP $25
The word ‘empire’ is usually associated with the grandiose. A term as loaded as a Bonaparte cannon, it conjures up images, words and disjointed feelings that involve a combination of progress and destruction, gain and loss. However, something that empires don’t associate with often enough is the idea of the individual.
In Personal Empires, creative team ‘And Collective’ have taken the concept of empire away from the ham-hock hands of global politics and placed it in the care of the individual. 13 artists, illustrators and writers including Rik Lee, Dan Rule, Kat McLeod, Amy Alexander and Justine Ellis provide insights into their own micro-empires and respond to set tasks that help to define the worlds we construct around ourselves.
Personal Empires raises flags in different forms. Not to conquer, not to dominate, not to alienate or to boast or brag, but simply to explore ideas of relevance, creativity and most importantly identity.
Format: Book
Motivation: Improves creativity by osmosis
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