2 x 1 - Compression/ Augmentation Art as if one could wrest

as if one could wrest a last deferral from one's words and their tendency to produce all-too-definite narratives and identities

and perhaps further create an archipelago of solidarity beyond geographical boundaries after leaving the island

and poetry

Beyond Pure Reason'

2 x 1 - Compression/ Augmentation Art as if one could wrest21 is a two volume print and web publication initiated by participants of the artist residency at Jan van Eyck Academie. It brings together text and image contributions from twenty nine artists and authors around the themes Compression and Augmentation finally collected in one edition, concerning itself with the literal and metaphorical expansion of cultural production. The contributions vary in form from essays and poems to interviews and editorial