Book presentation Dead Dove: Do Not Eat Perpetual Stew
The publication Dead Dove: Do Not Eat Perpetual Stew is the second book in the Fine Companions series by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in collaboration with Mark Pezinger Books.
In this play—a perpetual stew—the so-called “accessories” and “props” of artists take center stage. No longer silent or subordinate, these objects speak, question, and disrupt, revealing the often-invisible infrastructures that shape artistic production. Their conversations unfold across systems of value, labor, authorship, and spectatorship, casting light on the backstage economies of the art world.
What was once peripheral becomes protagonist, as the tools of making articulate their own agency and implication in broader cultural, political, and institutional logics:
MICROPHONE Ok, but we are NOT going to produce anything, like I am strictly against adding any more objects …
STAPLER Sure, we agreed on that, no product.
PHONE …Yes, and we are for the LARGE shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal …
Author: Saffi Adler
Graphic design: Astrid Seme Studio
We look forward to welcoming you to the book presentation and raising a glass with you after a staged reading.