Archive of Destruction Reader II
Published April 2025
The Reader includes conversations, texts, photos, statements, reflections and a graphic story on the necessary destruction of artworks; vulnerability and death; catharsis and joy; restorative practice; ghosts of our youth, and archives of neglect.
Contributions by / with artists, curators, academics and writers: Pilar Quinteros, Tschabalala Self, Joseph Constable, Jaime Gili, Alice Channer, Anne Hardy, Jes Fernie, Rosie Ram, Ben Cranfield, Josephine Meckseper, David Hammons, 3Nós3, Olu Oguibe, Jacob Epstein, Henry VIII’s Wives and Candice Purwin.
Edited by Jes Fernie
Graphic design by Daly & Lyon
Published by Flat Time House
£8
All proceeds go towards contributors’ fees for Reader III
36 pages, 289 × 380 mm, printed web-fed offset in full colour onto 55gsm improved newsprint
Archive of Destruction is a story-telling platform that brings together narratives around destruction and public art. Spanning a hundred years and many continents, it tells cumulative tales of vulnerability, interference, rage, fear, boredom and love. Flat Time House is a partner of the project which has been developed by independent curator and writer Jes Fernie.
Following a re-stock of Archive of Destruction Reader I, we are able to offer both readers for the special price of £12