The new society for universal harmony

By Mark Thompson, Jim Long, Geoffrey O'Brien, Susan Canning, Barbara Tannenbaum, Lenore Malen, Jonathan Ames

Subjects: Art, Utopias in literature, Art & Art Instruction, Individual artists, Malen, Lenore, Utopias, Art, Modern, Fiction, Utopias -- Fiction, Art / Individual Artist, Modern Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Photography, Artistic, Artistic Photography, Individual Artist, Utopias in art, Artists, Assemblage Art

Description: "In The new society for universal harmony, Lenore Malen uses pseudo-documentary photographs, "testimonials," case histories, and arcane imagery to archive her own reinvention of the utopian society established in Paris in 1783 by Franz Anton Mesmer Included are fiction and essays by Jonathan Ames, Geoffrey O'Brian, Pepe Karmel, Nancy Princenthal, , Irving Sandler, Susan Canning, Barbara Tannenbaum, Jim Long, Mark A. Thompson, and others who assume the roles of scientific corroborators, curious journalists, and people whose lives have been forever changed by the Society. Malen's first person account of her discovery and two-year involvement with the Soceity is often humorous ... "--Front fly leaf