Eurasia: An Atlas is a reader surveying the cultural and conceptual landscape of 'Eurasia', a concept that evokes myriad different ideas across geological, ideological, cultural and artistic paradigms. Rooted in – but reaching beyond – the visual arts, the book is unique amongst publishing on this theme.
Structured around approximately twenty keywords, Eurasia: An Atlas compiles texts from a variety of authors, historical documentation and texts on the artistic practices of visual artists. Trans-historical in focus, the reader offers theoretical and artistic insights into a progressive Eurasianism, engaging with diverse contributors and agents across Eurasia. Housing three quarters of the world’s population (as well as three quarters of the world’s energy resources), the Eurasian supercontinent is also home to a great plurality of cultures. It is a space where historical, contemporary and futuristic visions coexist, interact and mutate.
Eurasia: An Atlas contributions have been commissioned to offer reflection on the notion of Eurasia from contributors across the fields of art, history and philosophy, forming a compendium of material for those interested in understanding the emerging reality of the new Eurasian age.
Jap Sam Books, 400pp, 17cm x 24cm, paperback with flaps, December 2023