Scotlandfuturebog

Ben Marcus (Author) 

Nicholas Kahn (Photographer), 

Richard Selesnick (Photographer)

In "Scotlandfuturebog," photographers Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick construct a strange world that they describe as being of "infinite promise that cannot possibly be described or communicated except by direct experience." The characters we meet are bogdwellers, inhabitants of a planet emptied by an apocalyptic event. Left to perform obscure ceremonies in an intriguing but uninviting terrain, the bogdwellers exist in a historical vacuum. This is a first-edition slip-cased book, signed and numbered by the artists.

Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick have been collaborating for more than a decade. They have exhibited worldwide and their work is held in galleries, museums and private collections.

Scotlandfuturebog features a short story by Ben Marcus whose second novel, "Notable American Women," was published in 2002 by Vintage.

"It has often been seen that truth is stranger than fiction, for Kahn and Selesnick, when the two get mixed. . ." -- Miles Unger, The New York Times

"Their photographs of assemblages of people in 'apocalyptic' situations are both strange and beautiful, making no sense, and yet maintaining something of a narrative quality nonetheless. Be sure to check out this bizarre and lovely book." -- Jay Gardner -- Picture Magazine

"The volume--which includes a short story by Ben Marcus, and Kahn and Selesnick's own essay, both of which offer information, tongue-in-cheek, on the origins of the bogdwellers--is a stylishly packaged combination of social science, cleverly mocked, and the absurd." -- Art on Paper

About the Author

Richard Selesnick and Nicholas Khan have been collaborating since 1986. They have exhibited internationally, and their work is in the collections of the Addi­son Gallery of American Art, Andover, Mas­sachusetts; Brooklyn Museum; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as many private collections. Residents of the New York region, they are represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York; Pepper Gallery, Boston; Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles; Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona; Irvine Contemporary, Washington, D.C.; and Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago.

Nicholas Khan and Richard Selesnick have been collaborating since 1986. They have exhibited internationally, and their work is in the collections of the Addi­son Gallery of American Art, Andover, Mas­sachusetts; Brooklyn Museum; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as many private collections. Residents of the New York region, they are represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York; Pepper Gallery, Boston; Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles; Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona; Irvine Contemporary, Washington, D.C.; and Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago.

Ben Marcus is the author of Notable American Women and The Age of Wire and String. His work has appeared in Grand Street, Harper's, McSweeney's, Conjunctions, and elsewhere. The recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, a Whiting Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant, he is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Columbia University and lives in New York City.

Hardcover in cassette

Signed and Numbered

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 104 pages

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780893819354

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4 pounds

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.97 x 1.06 x 9.49 inches