{"product_id":"9781770560642","title":"Fidget","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFidget\u003c\/em\u003e is writer Kenneth Goldsmith's transcription of every movement made by his body during 13 hours on Bloomsday (June 16) 1997. It is a hypnotic work, strangely compelling and disorienting at the same time; you'll never think about your body in the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art as a collaboration with vocalist Theo Bleckmann, \u003cem\u003eFidget\u003c\/em\u003e attempts to reduce the body to a catalogue of mechanical movements by a strict act of observation. The stress of this rigorous exercise creates a condition of shifting reference points and multiple levels of observation that inevitably undermines the author's objective approach, and the trajectory of the work begins to change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text of \u003cem\u003eFidget\u003c\/em\u003e is followed by an afterword written by Marjorie Perloff, which both explains the circumstances of the project's creation (including the important role Jack Daniels plays in the latter part of the text) and explores its results.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166545789168,"sku":"9781770560642","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770560642_p0.jpg?v=1763706748","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770560642","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}