A tender collection of essays paying homage to the life and work
of the late Lebanese poet and painter Etel Adnan
Includes contributions from authors Eileen Myles, Hans Ulrich
Obrist, Robert Wilson, Lynne Tillman, Anne Waldman, Abdellatif
Laâbi, Ariana Reines, and more, together with a selection of
Adnan’s final, never-before-published watercolour paintings
Co-published with Bidoun
‘Etel. Her name has a talismanic quality. We heard about her in California, met her
in Beirut, ate ice cream with her in Paris. […] We wrote down everything she said
because it had the feel/cadence/glow of sacred wisdom.’ Negar Azimi, Anna Della
Subin, Michael C. Vazquez
My Center is Not The Solar System is a sweeping and tender collection of essays
on the life and work of the late Lebanese poet and painter Etel Adnan, whose
art bore witness to so many of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries’ epochal
shifts. In ever-evolving and experimental forms, the book gathers reflections
from friends, collaborators, and admirers, alongside a selection of Adnan’s final,
previously unpublished watercolour paintings. Co-published with Bidoun, this
volume stands as both tribute and testament to an artist whose presence, like her
words, continues to radiate.
With writings by Aria Aber, Omar Berrada, Gavin Bryars, Stuart Comer, Dominique
Eddé, Fouad ElKoury, Simone Fattal, Joana Hadjithomas, Bruce Hainley, Isabella
Hammad, Lamia Joreige, Abdellatif Laabi, Emily LaBarge, Quinn Latimer, Eileen
Miles, Edwin Nasr, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Ariana Reines, Lynne Tillman, Fawwaz
Traboulsi, Anne Waldman, Robert Wilson, and Kaelen Wilson-Goldie
