{"product_id":"cauleen-smith-give-it-or-leave-it-9780884541462","title":"Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA multimedia portrait of four famed utopian sites celebrating a Black, spiritual America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough films, objects, and installation, Chicago-based filmmaker Cauleen Smith (born 1967) offers an emotional axis by which to navigate four distinct universes: Alice Coltrane and her Sai Anantam ashram; a 1966 photo shoot by Bill Ray at Simon Rodia's Watts Towers in Los Angeles; Noah Purifoy and his desert assemblages in Joshua Tree; and black spiritualist Rebecca Cox Jackson and her Shaker community in 19th-century Philadelphia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese locations, while not technically utopian societies, embody sites of historical speculation and radical generosity between artist and community. In reimagining a future through this mix, Smith casts a world that is black, feminist, spiritual and unabashedly alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume, wrapped in a frosted and foil-stamped dust jacket, contains full-color photographs of the multi-room installation and provides further insight into Smith's creative process and myriad influences through two interviews and a manifesto written by the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Institute of Contemporary Art, University of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780884541462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Cauleen Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51817763569845,"sku":"9780884541462","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9f5f2e6d-3e49-4873-8022-e04b86a1f7ac.jpg?v=1759241623","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cauleen-smith-give-it-or-leave-it-9780884541462","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}