un 16.2: A Collection of Annotated Bibliographies Vol. 2 tests the boundaries of what an annotation can be, assembling fourteen contributors whose responses range from the essayistic and unorthodox to the rigorously conventional — no two texts alike in content or form.
About This Book
This issue of un Magazine poses a deceptively simple question: what constitutes an annotation, and what happens when that form is pushed? Rather than presenting a unified methodology, the volume stages an open inquiry across fourteen distinct voices, each approaching the annotated bibliography as both critical tool and expressive form. The result is a publication that sits at the intersection of art writing, research practice, and experimental criticism — essential reading for anyone interested in how we frame, contextualise, and extend our engagement with artistic and cultural knowledge. The plurality of approaches here is the argument.
Key Features
- 150 pages of essayistic, conventional, and experimental annotated texts
- Edited by Hilary Thurlow and D Harding
- Contributions from Gabrielle Bergman, Trent Crawford & Stanton Cornish-Ward, Caitlin Franzmann & Amaara Raheem, Lou Garcia-Dolnik, Lewis Gittus, Yuki Kihara, Natalie King (OAM), Ioana Gordon-Smith & Allan Haeweng, KINK, Thomas Solomon Kuiper, Liv Moriarty, Emily Mulvihill, Sarah Poulgrain, and Rasheeda Wilson
- Published by un Projects, ISSN 1449-6747
What You'll Discover
- How the annotated bibliography functions as a critical and creative form in its own right, not merely as scholarly apparatus
- Fourteen distinct approaches to annotation — none repeating another in either structure or intent
- The range between orthodox scholarly convention and unorthodox, essayistic experimentation within a single volume
- A cross-section of contemporary Australian and international art writing voices, including practitioners, critics, and curators
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 150
- Dimensions: 242 x 130 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: [Details available upon request]
- Publisher: un Projects
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Art writers, researchers, curators, and practitioners interested in experimental critical forms, annotation as practice, and the boundaries of art publishing.