Publications by The Quiet in the Land

The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and the Shakers. Exh. brochure. Portland, Me.: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1997. Text by France Morin. Click here for Sabbathday Lake brochure; click here for Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland brochure; click here for Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston brochure.

 

France Morin and John Alan Farmer, eds. A quietude da terra: vida cotidiana, arte contemporânea e Projeto Axé / The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and Projeto Axé. Salvador, Brazil: Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, 2000. Prefaces by Heitor Reis and Cesare de Florio la Rocca. Texts by France Morin, Marle de Oliveira Macedo, Ana Maria Bianchi dos Reis, Ená Pinto Benevides, Mestre Didi Alapini, Bernd Reiter, and Suely Rolnik. Interviews with Okwui Enwezor, Mãe Stella, Carlinhos Brown, Dadá, Dona Canô, Júlio Braga, Jussara de Jesus Lima, Mestre João Grande, Mestre Moraes, and Dona Dinha. Documentation of artist projects.

 

France Morin. Heavenly Visions: Shaker Gift Drawings and Gift Songs. Exh. cat. New York: The Drawing Center; Los Angeles: UCLA Hammer Museum; South Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001. Foreword by Catherine de Zegher and Ann Philbin. Texts by France Morin, Sally M. Promey, John T. Kirk, Mary Ann Haagen, and Ann Kirschner. This publication accompanies an exhibition of Shaker gift drawings and gifts songs organized by Morin, which emerged from research she originally conducted during the course of The Quiet in the Land's first project, The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and the Shakers.

 

First Steps of Vipassana Meditation: A Guide for Young People in Laos. Luang Prabang, Laos: The Quiet in the Land, Inc. and Vienetiane: The National Library of Laos, 2006. Text by Phra Ajan One Keo Sitthivong; photographs by Hans Georg Berger.

 

France Morin and John Alan Farmer, eds. The Quiet in the Land: Luang Prabang, Laos. New York: The Quiet in the Land, Inc., 2009. Essays by France Morin and John Alan Farmer, Francis Englemann, Carol Becker, Somsanouk Mixay, and Catherine Choron-Baix. Documentation of artist projects.

 

Publications About The Quiet in the Land

Kay Larson. “A Month in Shaker Country.” New York Times. Aug. 10, 1997, 2:31, 33. Click here for full text (registration, which is free, is required for access).

 

“The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and the Shakers: A Conversation With Janet A. Kaplan.” Art Journal 57, no. 2 (Summer 1998): 4–27. Conversation with Janet A. Kaplan and Janine Antoni, Adam Fuss, Mona Hatoum, France Morin, Sam Samore, Kazumi Tanaka, and Nari Ward.

 

France Morin. “The Quiet in the Land: Resistance and Healing Through Art.” Art Journal 59, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 7–10.

 

France Morin. “The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and Projeto Axé.” Art Journal 59, no. 3 (Fall 2000): 4–17.

 

Carol Becker. Thinking in Place: Art, Action, and Cultural Production, 65–69. Boulder, Colo.: Paradigm, 2009.

 

John Alan Farmer. “The Quiet in the Land: Art, Spirituality, and Everyday Life, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR.” DIAAALOGUE (July 2008), Asia Art Archive. Click here for full text.