The focus of Owens’ essay From Work to Frame, or, Is There Life After “The Death of the Author”? is how artistic production finds its conditions for success within a social universe, and therefore is an acknowledgement of conditions related to production and reception while incorporating an understanding of how authorship in artistic work can be realized. The shift goes, as the title announces, from the work to the frame, and at the same time to a determination of those conditions that make works appear as frames.

From Work to Frame was first published in English and Swedish in 1987 in the catalogue for the exhibition Implosion: A Postmodern Perspective at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. As S*I*G #12, the text is published in English and in its first German translation, alongside a preface by Hannes Loichinger, who is editor of this issue.

Produced on the occasion of A work for no public audience at Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, (Rivoli), Torino. Handbound artist book with a title by CAConrad. 6 images inset in French folded computer paper. Edition of 65 + 20 AP

One Million Years is originally a 20-volume collection, each volume contains 200 pages and each page holds 500 typed years. Created in 1969, One Million Years [Past] contains the years 998,031 B.C. through 1969 A.D., and One Million Years [Future], created in 1981, contains the years 1981 A.D. to 1,001,980 A.D. The first audio presentation of the reading of One Million Years occurred in 1993 during Kawara’s year-long solo exhibition One Thousand Days One Million Years at the Dia Center for the Arts in New York.

This edition of 4 audio CDs in a wooden case comprises the reading of On Kawara’s One Million Years [Past and Future], covering 969 611 BC to 967 811 BC & 33 411 AD to 34 450 AD.

Published twice a year since 2002, Encens is focused on fashion as artform from the perspective of designers rather than trends. The magazine investigate new forms of dressing from past to present with probing interviews, extensive use of photography and vintage, and dynamic layout. This issue features Niccolo Pasqualetti, Sybille Walter, Angelo Flaccavento, Christopher Andrews, Serge Lutens, Giorgio Armani, Hed Mayner, Uma Wang.

Published twice a year since 2002, Encens is focused on fashion as artform from the perspective of designers rather than trends. The magazine investigate new forms of dressing from past to present with probing interviews, extensive use of photography and vintage, and dynamic layout. This issue features Christopher Andrews, Francoise Ha Van, Comme Des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto, Philip Clarke, Caroline Baker, Debbi Mason, Patrizia Roversi, Miguel Adrover, Dal Chodha. Angelo Flaccavento, Zoran, Niccolo Pasqualetti, Meryl Fontek.

Produced on the occasion of Wyatt Niehaus: AFTER THE GOLDRUSH, 11 November, 2023–19 January, 2024.

Model sailboat ratline template. Digital print on 3-ply card-stock. Ratlines of various sizes for all rigged war ships. Scale 1:350. Edition of 50.