WB
by Curatorial Studies Venice
About
WB
by Curatorial Studies Venice

WB, is the title of the book edited by  School for Curatorial Studies Venice and A plus A and designed by  Tankboys  which borrows its name from the acronym of the German-Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin.

The book visualizes the whole spectrum of Benjamin’s thought in 460 pages, combining on each page a single quotation of the philosopher with an individual image. WB is an iconographic, artistic and philosophical enquiry into the relationship between the written and the visual world.

The autors have carefully chosen the juxtaposition between each quote and each image with the goal of stimulating the reader’s thoughts on history, modern and contemporary art, philosophy, religion and politics. By exploring and overcoming the usual borders between the written and the visual, WB tries to refer directly to our reality.

This was the method used by late Walter Benjamin in his Arcade Project and in his Thesis on the Concept of History, where he confided entirely on images combined with quotes taken from literature and philosophy in order to uncover “the true image of history”.

WB, School for Curatorial Studies Venice, A plus A
560 pages, 1 colours Risograph print,
12 × 19 cm, soft cover