Ecstasy: In and About Altered States

One copy available, which has slight tearing of jacket. This landmark catalogue from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, accompanied the exhibition Ecstasy: In and About Altered States, October 2005–February 2006. Ecstasy acts as an intersection in which structures of human consciousness meet a range of contemporary art practices. An international survey of work by approximately 30 artists exploring altered states and alternative modes of perception, Ecstasy challenges notions of interactivity while generating a heightened aural and visual experience for the individual. Each work in Ecstasy enacts its own particular intervention into human consciousness—surprising us, questioning familiar realities, and suggesting alternative ways of ordering experience—through installation, painting, sculpture, video, film, photography, and new media. Featured artists include Franz Ackermann, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Francis Alÿs, Chiho Aoshima, assume vivid astro focus, Massimo Bartolini, Tatsurou