{"product_id":"space-colonies-a-galactic-freemans-journal-paperback","title":"Space Colonies: A Galactic Freeman's Journal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFabian Reimann\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA visionary assemblage of historical, present-day and speculative material on space colonies, inspired by the culture of the Whole Earth Catalog\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of the 1970s, American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill developed the first ideas for colonizing space. Shortly thereafter, Stewart Brand, cyber-communard and editor of the \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e, took up these ideas and published the book \u003ci\u003eSpace Colonies\u003c\/i\u003e in 1977. \u003ci\u003eSpace Colonies\u003c\/i\u003e, an edition of Brand's \u003ci\u003eCoEvolution Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, funded by the proceeds of the \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e, took up the question of whether space might be colonized by the year 2000. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtist Fabian Reimann takes up Brand and O'Neill's particular strain of techno-utopianism in \u003ci\u003eSpace Colonies: A Galactic Freeman's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. In his photo-essay Reimann assembles historical, present-day and speculative material, combining these with fictional and factual stories to create a composite of different images of the world. With global ecological disaster an even more pressing issue than it was in 1977, and the colonization of space still touted by some as a last-ditch resort, Reimann looks back at the dreams and nightmares of the 1970s with a sophisticated visual humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFabian Reimann\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1975) is an artist working in Leipzig and, since 2004, the editor of the \"ego-zine\" \u003ci\u003eFreeman's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. His \u003ci\u003eAnother Earth Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e, which refers back to Stewart Brand's \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Spector Books in 2012. Reimann works with sculpture, photography, collage, painting and text in extended research projects that blend history and science, and fact and fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 5.9 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42164873298055,"sku":"9783959051217","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/433e2f4dadf27fb822e301ffe71b2e7d.webp?v=1733309190","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/space-colonies-a-galactic-freemans-journal-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}