''@earth'' is a 2011 book made by the

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-born (and based)

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artist

Peter Kennard Peter Kennard (born 17 February 1949) is a London-born and based photomontage artist and Professor of Political Art at the Royal College of Art. Seeking to reflect his involvement in the anti-Vietnam War movement, he turned from painting to phot ...

with Lebanese artist Tarek Salhany. It is a

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told through photomontage with seven chapters exposing the current state of the Earth, the conditions of life on it and the need to resist injustice. It was released on 1 May 2011 by Tate Publishing. Apart from the title ''@earth'' (which is also in different languages on its back cover) the pocket book contains no words and its story is told in sequences of constructed images. ''@earth'' combines images created digitally over the preceding two years by Kennard with Salhany especially for the project, with Kennard's earlier

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based photomontages (spanning over 40 years of work) some of which are part of the Tate Permanent Collection. They have been recontextualised for the book. The authors met when Kennard taught Salhany at the

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in London. ''@earth'' was launched during a 3-day event called ''shooting@earth'' at Black Rat Projects in London, together with a display of artworks by War Boutique. The centrepiece was a

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shooting gallery where visitors could fire at silhouetted figures of city bankers.Patrick Nguye
Viewpoints: Peter Kennard + War Boutique — ‘shooting@earth’ @ Black Rat Projects
Arrested Motion, 10 May 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011. Starting concurrently, an exhibition of works from the book was held at

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in London. The exhibition included prints of the digital works pasted on the gallery walls by dr.d as well as Kennard's earlier montagesGabrial Coxhea
"Peter Kennard: At Earth"
''Time Out London'', 6 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-09.

References

13. https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/2325{{DEFAULTSORT:At earth 2011 non-fiction books Political books Political art Artists' books