“Taking a poetic and reparative approach in this response to three recent book projects, HUM’s new Senior Editor Hamish Petersen asks: what are the unique needs of books as an artistic form, and what might they enable? They share learning gleaned from time with books by Tim Veling, Kate Newby, and Alexa Wilson to suggest that, although constrained by materials and economic pressures, books can become sovereign creatures in our homes, capable of extending an artistic practice in ways not possible in theatres or galleries.”
