Anicka Yi

"Anicka Yi: 7,070,430K of Digital Spit, A Memoir" is the outcome of a renegade artistic gesture: Anicka Yi printed its contents on handmade incense paper impregnated with an original fragrance devised by Yi in collaboration with the perfumer Barnabé Fillion to embody the smell of forgetting, produced for and the centerpiece of Yi’s exhibition "7,070,430K of Digital Spit" at Kunsthalle Basel, which is similarly driven by loss and the warping of memory.

One is encouraged to literally “burn after reading,” thereby releasing the embedded fragrance even as they destroy the contents of this lavishly illustrated overview of Yi’s production. Designed by Eric Wrenn with contributions by Johanna Burton, Caroline Jones, and Alise Upitis. Incorporating scent, chemical transformation, entropy, and combustion, this limited edition artwork-as-publication not only pictures but also actually performs the themes and operations that preoccupy Yi’s entire practice.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Anicka Yi: 7,070,430K of Digital Spit" at Kunsthalle Basel, June 12-August 16, 2015, curated by Elena Filipovic.

Out of Print. 

(Currently unavailable for purchase from Gladstone)