{"product_id":"positions","title":"Positions","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of Positions by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eK8 Hardy (2026)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst impression \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium format paperback in new condition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eK8 Hardy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eto an extra image plate, glued into the inside back cover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSwiss bound paperback with PVC dustjacket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.4 x 33.5 cm, 128 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited signed edition of 1000 copies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMultimedia artist K8 Hardy uses photography in her\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePosition Series\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2007–12) to explore identity as performance and construction. Hardy used herself, her sister, and mannequins, styled in eclectic clothes, wigs, and makeup, to suggest personas outside normative categorisations of identity and gender expression, in tension with the ordinary domestic or urban spaces in which they are pictured. In the darkroom, Hardy superimposed bows, glasses, bras, and the spectral outlines of bodies over these portraits: analogue interventions that expose the photograph as a deliberate construction rather than fixed truth.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePositions\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003epresents all fifty photographs from the cult series plus additional unseen images, cataloguing Hardy’s pathbreaking body of work in the context of the DIY fashion, art, and thrift scenes in queer subcultures of early 2000s New York. Here self-objectification serves as a powerful riposte to the objectification of the female body in life and in art and to exclusionary art institutions, queering the conventions of the portraiture genre in an iconic act of rebellion. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a new text by Brontez Purnell \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"K8 Hardy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58046816878974,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/K8-Hardy-Positions.jpg?v=1789654969","url":"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/en-us\/products\/positions","provider":"Setanta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}