{"product_id":"burr-tom-torrington-project","title":"BURR, TOM - Torrington Project","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTorrington Project\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an artist book by Tom Burr documenting his three-year occupation of a repurposed 19th-century factory in Torrington, Connecticut. A subversive take on the catalogue raisonné, it blurs the boundaries between studio and gallery, art and architecture, and artist and community. Through extensive photographic documentation, critical essays, and personal reflections, it maps both the physical transformation of the space and the network of social exchanges that emerged within it. The publication functions not as a static record but as an active extension of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTorrington Project\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eitself—a site where past works, new interventions, and evolving ideas continue to circulate and unfold beyond their original context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 2021 to 2024, Burr took up residence in a sprawling, former manufacturing facility. Neither a conventional exhibition nor a traditional studio, the project transformed the building into what Burr has called a “living archive”—a space for revisiting, recontextualizing, and, in some cases, restoring past works. Rather than a site of pure production, Burr brought together over ninety works from throughout his career, collapsing the divide between past and present. Burr also opened the space to fellow artists, inviting Gordon Hall, Maria Hassabi, and Nick Mauss to stage performances, while welcoming an evolving network of visitors as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTorrington Project\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunfolded. The project explored the fluid interplay between an artwork’s conception, reception, and historicization, with Burr reflecting on how his work has shifted over time—an investigation now deployed through the form of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside writing from George Baker, Jordan Carter, Aria Dean, Jody Graf, Renée Green, David Joselit, Christine Messineo, Humberto Moro, Blake Oetting, as well as Burr’s recollections, the publication also features extensive documentation and archival ephemera.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTorrington Project\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echarts the social and spatial dimensions that defined the titular endeavor, underscoring Burr’s ongoing engagement with architecture, institutional critique, personal histories, and the transformation of public space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTom Burr is a conceptual artist whose work examines the entanglements of architecture, identity, and public space. A graduate of the Whitney Independent Study Program, Burr emerged through the influential gallery American Fine Arts, Co., aligning with a generation of artists who reimagined the strategies of institutional critique and minimalism in response to the shifting political and social dynamics of late twentieth century New York City. Burr’s work has been featured in major exhibitions including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSonsbeek 93\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein Arnhem,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuestion the Wall Itself\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the 2004 Whitney Biennial, and Skulptur Projekte Münster, among others. His extra-institutional projects include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBody\/Building\u003c\/em\u003e, a year-long residency in the Marcel Breuer-designed Pirelli Tire Building in his hometown of New Haven, Connecticut. In addition to his artistic practice, Burr is a prolific writer. His collected texts were published in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnthology: Writings 1991–2015\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives and works between New York and Connecticut.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e400 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8.25 x 11.75 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Primary Information","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":47511539777755,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2295\/2925\/files\/PI_Burr_02A-scaled.jpg?v=1756753409","url":"https:\/\/www.fusetronsound.com\/products\/burr-tom-torrington-project","provider":"fusetron","version":"1.0","type":"link"}