Show Notes
Michael Mack is the founder of London-based independent art and photography publishing house MACK. This conversation was recorded live at POST PRESS. More info and upcoming event tickets here.
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Books discussed:
W. G. Sebald, On the Natural History of Destruction (Hamish Hamilton, 2003) Le Corbusier, Aircraft (The Studio, 1935) Reconstructing Space: Architecture in Recent German Photography, ed. Michael Mack (AA Publications, 1999) Contemporary Architecture series, ed. Leonardo Benevolo (Cappelli, 1964–) Manfredo Tafuri, Modern Architecture in Japan, ed. Mohsen Mostafavi (MACK, 2022) Andrea Bagnato, Terra Infecta: Disease and the Italian Landscape (MACK Sightlines, 2026) Kwan Queenie Li, Weeds: A Germinating Theory (MACK Sightlines, 2026) Caruso St John, Collected Works: Volume 1 1990–2005 (MACK, 2022) Takashi Homma, Tokyo Olympia (Nieves, 2023) Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Holy Bible (MACK / Archive of Modern Conflict, 2013) Collier Schorr, Jens F. (SteidlMACK, 2005) Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game (1943; Winston translation, 1969) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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