Drawing a Hypothesis, Figures of Thought - Nikolaus Gansterer (2011)
Drawing a Hypothesis is een prikkelende bloemlezing over vormen van visualisatie en manieren om de werkelijkheid te ‘vertalen’ via woord en beeld. De auteurs - kunstenaars, wetenschappers en theoretici - creëren unieke verhalen aan de hand van figuren, diagrammen en kaarten. Simona Koch verzorgde het prachtige ontwerp.

Drawing a Hypothesis, Figures of Thought - Nikolaus Gansterer (2011)
Drawing a Hypothesis is an exciting reader on the ontology of forms of visualisation and on the development of the diagrammatic view and its use in contemporary art, science and theory. In an intense process of exchange with artists and scientists, Nikolaus Gansterer reveals drawing figures as a media of research which enables the emergence of new narratives and ideas by tracing the speculative potential of diagrams.

Based on a discursive analysis of found figures with the artist’s own diagrammatic maps and models, the invited authors create unique correlations between thinking and drawing. Due to its ability to mediate between perception and reflection, drawing proves to be one of the most basic instruments of scientific and artistic practice, and plays an essential role in the production and communication of knowledge. The book is a rich compendium of figures of thought, which moves from scientific representation through artistic interpretation and vice versa.

With texts by Susanne Leeb, Clemens Krümmel, Jörg Piringer, Anthony Auerbach, Kirsten Matheus, Emma Cocker, Karin Harrasser, Monika Bakke, Andreas Schinner, Ferdinand Schmatz, Helmut Leder, Gerhard Dirmoser, Philippe Rekacewicz, Axel Stockburger, Marc Boeckler, Christian Reder, Walter Seidl, Katja Mayer, Jane Tormey, Moira Roth, Felix de Mendelssohn, Kerstin Bartels, Section.a, Hanneke Grootenboer, Maurizio Nardo & Peter Brandlmayr, Christina Stadlbauer, Ralo Mayer.

Specifications
English - 352 pp. - 21,6 x 14,5 cm - colour & b/w, 1 folding map, Edition: 800, Book concept: Nikolaus Gansterer, Book design: Simona Koch, Cover design: Simona Koch and Nikolaus Gansterer, Cover illustration: Nikolaus Gansterer, Translation: Veronica Buckley, Aileen Derieg (text by Gerhard Dirmoser), Proofreading: Dorrie Tattersall, Petra van der Jeught, Michael Karassowitsch, Image proofreading and technical assistance: Jo Frenken, Typesetting: Simona Koch, Models by Nikolaus Gansterer and Simona Koch, Photos by Stanislaus Timotheus Tomicek, Daniela Zeilinger, Nikolaus Gansterer, All drawings by Nikolaus Gansterer, 2005-2011. All rights reserved.

Published by: Springer, Wien (AT), Series: Edition Angewandte, Vol. 0, In collaboration with the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maaastricht (NL) and the University of Applied Arts, Vienna (AT)

ISBN: 978-3-7091-0802-4

€ 39,95