Nicolas Jaar, Jena Myung and Maziyar Pahlevan – Network BOOK

NETWORK, AN ARTISTS’ PROJECT BY NICOLAS JAAR, DESIGNED BY JENA MYUNG AND MAZIYAR PAHLEVAN, THE BOOK IS THE CULMINATION OF A MULTI-PHASE PROJECT FROM JAAR WHICH TAKES THE FORM OF AN ONLINE, SEMI-FICTITIOUS NETWORK OF INTERLOCKING RADIO STATIONS BUILT AROUND CHANCE OPERATIONS.

NETWORK, LIKE THE WEB-BASED RADIO NETWORK WHICH PRECEDES IT, IS CONCEIVED IN THIRDS AND BUILT FROM THREE PRIMARY THREADS:

I. NEW VISUAL ESSAYS AND TEXT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LYDIA LUNCH, LINDA VAN DEURSEN AND NICOLAS JAAR

II. POSTER ARTWORK ADVERTISING 111 RADIO SHOWS (ACROSS 333 STATIONS) CREATED BY PAHLEVAN, MYUNG, AND JAAR

III. LOOSE TRANSCRIPTIONS OF EACH RADIO PROGRAM, COMPRISED OF SPRAWLING TEXT CULMINATING IN A FULL-COLOR SECTION OF MANIPULATED IMAGES.