Alpha++ Models / rendered lives in global cities

2025

monography, hardcover

23 x 32,5 cm, 256 pages, 144 color and b/w images

editor: Kunstverein Heilbronn

graphic design: Johanna Flöter

essays:

InYoung Yeo: Castle View
Anna Voswinckel: Searching for Truth in Paradox
Grégory Salle: Where Sociological Ambition Meets Artistic Vision (or the Other Way Around)
Carlos Kong: The Aesthetics of Infrastructural Space
Gregor Hens: This Is Not Role Play

publisher: DISTANZ,

printed at DZA in Altenburg, Germany

You can order the book at DISTANZ

 

The monograph Alpha++ Models / rendered lives in global cities portrays the aesthetic of neoliberalism and its political repercussions in the global economic centers amid the jarring dynamic of gleaming tower façades, vast construction sites, cookie-cutter greenspace designs, and neighborhoods threatened by impending demolition and gentrification. The extensive plate section is complemented by essays by Gregor Hens, Carlos Kong, Grégory Salle, Anna Voswinckel, and InYoung Yeo that offer an introduction to Tess’s practice.