Eight New Artist-Selected Titles at GSA Library

LUX Scotland are delighted to add a series of special artist-selected titles to our collection.

Inside each recommended book is a specially written text that describes the personal significance the book has for each selector and their practice. These eight titles have been specifically chosen by seven contemporary artists working with moving image in Scotland: Anne-Marie Copestake, Kate Davis, Duncan Marquiss, Charlotte Prodger, Corin Sworn, Sarah Tripp, Stina Wirfelt. All titles are available for lending.

New titles include:

Sarah Neely, Between Categories: The Films of Margaret Tait: Portraits, Poetry, Sound and Place, 2016. Selected by Charlotte Prodger.

Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry, 2000. Selected by Corin Sworn.

Kevin Hetherington, Capitalism’s Eye: Cultural Spaces of the Commodity, 2007. Selected by Corin Sworn.

Gregory Bateson, Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology, 1972. Selected by Duncan Marquiss.

Lydia Davis, The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, 2014. Selected by Sarah Tripp.

Moyra Davey, Les Goddesses/​Hemlock Forest, 2017. Selected by Stina Wirfelt.

Marianne Wex, LET’S TAKE BACK OUR SPACE: Female’ and Male’ Body Language as a Result of Patriarchal Structures, 1979. Selected by Kate Davis.

Derek Jarman, Dancing Ledge, 2010. Selected by Anne-Marie Copestake.

The LUX Scotland Collection at GSA Library is open to existing library members and we are also pleased to offer a reduced membership fee to all SUPERLUX members at £25 a year (discounted from £40). To become a library member, visit the GSA Library with your SUPERLUX membership number. Fill out an External Borrower Membership form and your card will be posted to your home address within 7 – 10 days.

Find out more about becoming a member of SUPERLUX here.