Download or read book Contra Mundum I-vii written by Rupert Deese and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of talks by leading artists and critics on the topic of "contra mundum" or "against the world." Contributors include Rupert Deese, Aaron Kunin, Elad Lassry, Anthony Pearson, Matthew Taylor Raffety, Frances Stark, and Evan Calder Williams. Subjects range from the furniture of Donald Judd, private issue New Age records, and the depiction of animal subjectivity to considerations of misanthropy in Shakespeare, the zombie film, the history of maritime piracy, and postpunk vocalist Mark E. Smith.