Paul Chan: Breathers

Paul Chan: Breathers A comprehensive overview of Paul Chan's acclaimed Badlands imprint and his latest sculptural series exploring the metaphor of the "breather". This volume surveys Chan's publications and works made between 2010 and 2022, following his return to artmaking. The exhibition takes as its organizing principle the notion of the "breather", a word that can signify a moment of rest or pause but also references a purposeful redirection toward other activities. Chan's turn to publishing through the founding of his independent press Badlands Unlimited represented a type of "breather". This radical break seeded new ideas and ways of working, embodying the spirit of Chan's artistic practice. The term is also what Chan titles a recent major body of work: Breathers. This ongoing series of pneumatic sculptures and installations considers a new genre of moving-image works. The exhibition catalog includes scholarly contributions by Chan, Pavel Pys, Curator of Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center, and Vic Brooks, Senior Curator of Time-based Visual Art at Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (EMPAC).