Wilfrid Almendra: Light Boiled like Liquid Soap

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Photographs, essays, fiction, poetry, and an interview document an immersive installation by Marseille-based artist Wilfrid Almendra.Light Boiled like Liquid Soapis an immersive installation by Marseille-based artist Wilfrid Almendra featuring radio transmissions and a series of sculptural elements made of copper, plaster, and silicone in various states of dematerialization. Combining found and repurposed materials, the works attest to notions of desire, circulation, and flux, from protective spaces of retreat to global economies of exchange. The seventh volume in the Fogo Island Arts publication series accompanies the eponymous exhibitioncurated by Alexandra McIntosh and Nicolaus Schafhausenand presented at the Fogo Island Art Gallery in 2016. Richly illustrated with color photographs of Almendra's installation, the bookfeatures a critical essay byAnne Faucheret,a work of speculative fiction byNicolas Idier,poetry byJorge Armando Sousa,and a conversation betweenWilfrid Almendra,Alexandra McIntosh,andNicolaus Schafhausen. Copublished with Fogo Island Arts Contributors Wilfrid Almendra, Anne Faucheret, Nicolas Idier, Alexandra McIntosh, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Jorge Armando Sousa

Alexandra McIntosh is Director of Programs and Exhibitions at Fogo Island Arts. Nicolaus Schafhausen is a curator at the Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism in Munich. Alexandra McIntosh is Director of Programs and Exhibitions at Fogo Island Arts. Nicolaus Schafhausen is a curator at the Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism in Munich. Alexandra McIntosh is Director of Programs and Exhibitions at Fogo Island Arts. Nicolaus Schafhausen is a curator at the Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism in Munich.