X Initiative Yearbook by Mousse Publishing

…is the book just out from Italy’s Mousse Publishing, which documents the one year of exhibitions, installations, projects, and events at the temporary non-profit art space spearheaded by Elizabeth Dee with curator Cecilia Alemani that was housed in the former Dia building in New York City for which I produced the Fall 2009 project ‘Dome Colony X in the San Gabriels‘ – about which the  book includes some words and pictures. (more on X Initiative and Mousse Publishing)

“Part anthology, part diary, the book comes as a testament of one of the most important and original initiatives that came to embody and define a new approach to exhibiting art and engaging the public sphere during the recent recession—one that certainly did not spare the contemporary art world. X was a temporary platform that took over the glorious space of the former Dia Center for the Arts in Chelsea, New York, running for one year and presenting exhibitions, debates, screenings and events. Derek Jarman, Mika Tajima, Christian Holstad, Keren Cytter, Luke Fowler, Tris Vonna-Michell, Fritz Haeg, Jeffey Inaba, Hans Haacke, Arthur Zmiijewski are among the artists featured in The X Initiative Yearbook.

With an introduction by Elizabeth Dee, and contributions by Carlo Basualdo, Stuart Comer, Christoph Cox, Jeffrey Deitch, Alexander Dumbadze, Hal Foster, Liam Gillick, Massimiliano Gioni, RoseLee Goldberg, Ed Halter, Laura Hoptman, Chrissie Isle, Jeffery Inaba, David Joselit, Emily and Sarah Kunstler, Margaret Lee, Sylvère Lotringer, Kevin McGarry, James Meyer, Ceci Moss, Lee Patterson, Lindsay Pollock, Andrew Roth, Johannes Vogt, McKenzie Wark, among others.”