Material: Public Works – The Bridge 2000 by Thomas Hirschhorn (2001)

This publication develops out of a work produced for the Protest & Survive exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, which involved the construction of a bridge between the gallery cafe and the adjacent Freedom Press anarchist bookshop. Such a project set out to open a dialogue about the relationship between art and politics. The linking function of the bridge and its remit as a ‘communicative' device, is intended to be continued by this publication.

Modelled on a French government document, this book aims to reveal both the structure of the bridge and the process of artistic production as a mutual activity. Through the reproduction of correspondence and dialogue between the various parties the hidden support systems of production become transparent.

Material: Public Works – The Bridge 2000 is one of four publications commissioned by Craig Martin as part of Book Works Projects/Open House 1998-2001.

Material: Public Works – The Bridge 2000 is published in an edition of 2,000 copies, 200 pages, printed offset, 300x210mm, housed in a resealable cover bag, ISBN 1 870699 55 6, price £7.50. Published in association with Whitechapel Art Gallery. Designed by Silke Roch.