Atomic Light

A new artist book by British artist David Blandy to accompany his most ambitious solo exhibition to date, building upon his continued interest in history, the legacy of empire and the climate crisis.

David Blandy (born 1976) weaves poetic works that explore the complexities of communal and personal heritage, with research spanning multiple forms of archive, from historic texts to academic archives, archaeology and ecological theory.

Published to accompany David Blandy’s major exhibition at John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, ‘Atomic Light’ 11 Feb – 6 May 2023.

Researching across disciplines, ‘Microhabitable’ considers scale, as well as questions of habitability and self-organisation, in a de-anthropocentric, or more than- human, framework.

Microhabitable’s authors suggest methodologies of encounter and exchange between differential knowledges, be they subaltern, peasant, indigenous, vegetal, matriarchal or post/ nonhuman.

Authors include Yona Friedman, Scott F. Gilbert, Elaine Gan, Fernando García Dory, Lucia Pietroiusti, Elizabeth Povinelli, Filipa Ramos, Jenna Sutela, Anna Tsing and Elvia Wilk.