{"product_id":"futureways","title":"Futureways","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFutureways\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique collaboration between the Whitney Museum of American Art, Printed Matter, Inc., and Arsenal Pulp Press. \u003ci\u003eFutureways\u003c\/i\u003e is a faux science fiction \"novel\"; each chapter is written by a different contributor, all of whom create fantastic stories that simultaneously work within and outside the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFutureways\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an art exhibition in the distant future, the biennale of a future civilization. With humour and imagination, each chapter deals with the transport of art objects to the venue of the biennale, a task difficult enough in the modern era but even more tenuous in the imagined futures of the writers. Throughout it all, art, fiction, and the act of imagination are taken to task, resulting in a book that is both satirical and forward-thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eConceived by internationally acclaimed artist Rita McBride, \u003ci\u003eFutureways\u003c\/i\u003e is the second book in the Ways Series. Subsequent titles include \u003ci\u003eCrimeways\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMyways\u003c\/i\u003e, which include more than fifty different contributions by artists, architects, writers, journalists, scientists, curators, and critics who exploit and decipher genre writing with an entertaining and refreshing collective structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFutureways\u003c\/i\u003e contributors include:\u003cbr\u003eLaura Cottingham, Nick Crowe, Aline Duriaud, Nalo Hopkinson, Nico Israel, Matthew Licht, Peter Maass, Rita McBride, Glen Rubsamen, David Schafer, Mark von Schlegell, Rutger Wolfson, and Alexandre Melo (Brad Cherry, trans.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita McBride","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44733307191589,"sku":"9781551521725","price":17.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/7851\/4725\/products\/BNCImageAPI_6a3175f5-07ae-4ba3-a217-fceee3c3ab07.jpg?v=1679346922","url":"https:\/\/crossandcrows.myshopify.com\/products\/futureways","provider":"Cross \u0026 Crows Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}