Jason Rhoades: 1724 Birth of the Cunt (Silverbridge, 2004)

The edition, produced in collaboration with the Hauser & Wirth gallery, brings together in the form of a glossary 1724 American synonyms of the word vulva listed by Jason Rhoades, staging a series of contradictions between linguistic continuity and vernacular proliferation, patriarchal and misogynistic censorship of the female sex, and various orders of religious and economic instrumentalization.
In the introductory text, the former situationist Gianfranco Sanguinetti recounts how 'censorship' in various disguises accompanies the hostage taking of the female sex by the economy.

Conceived by Juli Susin as a "noble" book for tactile reading, this edition was produced to accompany Jason Rhoades' installation "My Medinah" at the H&W gallery, (Saint Galen, Switzerland), in 2004.

The 4 deluxe copies, provided with a special cushion-shaped binding, were integrated into the installation by the artist.

The last notebook of the book contains a photographic reproduction of Immanuel Kant's skull.

Produced in collaboration with Hauser & Wirth.