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Photographs by Tomas Wüthrich Texts by Ian B.G. Mackenzie and Lukas Straumann Paperback 160 pages, 200 color illustrations 22 × 29.7 cm (8½ × 11½ in) 978-3-85881-642-9 English / German CHF 49.00 | EUR 48.00 GBP 45.00 | USD 55.00 PHOTOGRAPHY A unique photographic documentation of the Penans’ way of life on Borneo The Penan and their fight to preserve their culture has gained much international attention The threat political and business interests pose to indigenous cultures is highly topical in many countries AVAILABLE (Europe) FEBRUARY 2020 (US) ISBN 978-3-85881-642-9 9 783858 816429 Doomed Paradise The Last Penan in the Borneo Rainforest A manifesto against politics and business interests that endanger the Penan culture on Borneo Over many years, Swiss photographer Tomas Wüthrich has visited Borneo many times to document the daily life of the Penan, a partially nomadic indigenous people living in the rainforest of Borneo. The way of life that these hunter-gatherers lead in the Sarawak state of Malaysia is critically threatened by illegal logging and oil palm plantations. The Penan people came to the world’s attention thanks to Swiss-born environmental activist Bruno Manser, who disappeared in the jungle without trace in the year 2000 while campaigning for the Penan cause. In this book, Wüthrich paints a nuanced portrait of this unique culture. A selection of Penan myths, collected by Ian B.G. Mackenzie, are published for the first time alongside Wüthirch’s photographs. An essay on Bruno Manser and his mission for the Penans’ case completes the book. Tomas Wüthrich is a freelance photographer living in and working from Switzerland. His award-winning reportages and portraits are published internationally. Ian B.G. Mackenzie is a Vancouver-based linguist, anthropologist, documentary filmmaker and author. Since 1991 he has been researching the language and culture of the Penan and has published the first comprehensive dictionary of the Penan language. Lukas Straumann has been heading the Bruno Manser Fund in Basel since 2004. New titles 2019–2020 20
Edited by Nanina Guyer and Michaela Oberhofer In cooperation with Museum Rietberg, Zurich Hardback approx. 324 pages, 400 color illustrations 23 × 28 cm (9 × 11 in) 978-3-85881-835-5 English 978-3-85881-643-6 German CHF 49.00 | EUR 48.00 GBP 45.00 | USD 55.00 ART DECEMBER 2019 (Europe) APRIL 2020 (US) Congo’s vibrant art scene attracts great interest worldwide Investigates how Congolese artists have been exploring and reflecting upon the effects of globalized trade, colonialism, proselytization, and virtual boundaries Features many previously unpublished works by Congolese artists both contemporary and from the 19th and early 20th centuries Exhibition: Museum Rietberg, Zurich (22 November 2019 to 15 March 2020) ISBN 978-3-85881-835-5 English 9 783858 818355 ISBN 978-3-85881-643-6 German 9 783858 816436 Congo as Fiction Art Worlds Between Past and Present Congolese artists reflecting upon globalized trade, colonialism, proselytization, and virtual boundaries A single Congo does not exist—or is in any case fictitious. Yet the Democratic Republic of Congo has an extraordinarily vibrant art scene that attracts great interest from around the world. Nowhere else in Africa art production is as manifold in form, media, and materials used. For many years, Congolese artists have been exploring and reflecting upon the effects of globalized trade, colonialism, proselytization, and virtual boundaries. For the first time, this book, published in conjunction with an exhibition at Zurich’s Museum Rietberg, features art works and photographs collected by German anthropologist Hans Himmelheber during his journey to the Congo in 1938–39. They bear witness of the period’s extraordinary creativity and innovativeness as well as of the collector’s own idea of Congo. They are juxtaposed with works by contemporary Congolese artists and complemented by essays that investigate the fiction of Congo both as an African and Western World imagination. Thus, the book links the past with the utopia of contemporary artistic production in central Africa. Nanina Guyer is curator of photography at Museum Rietberg in Zurich. She is currently pursuing a research project on photography in Congo during the 1930s. Michaela Oberhofer is curator of African art at Museum Rietberg in Zurich. She directs a research project on Hans Himmelheber and African art in collaboration with University of Zurich. New titles 2019–2020 21
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