Ester Partegàs, Experience Life, 2007. From the series We the People, 2006–07. Inkjet ultrachrome archival print, 44 × 50 in each. Courtesy of the artist and Foxy Production, New York

Dan Graham, Death by Chocolate: West Edmonton Shopping Mall, (1986–2005), 2005. Video, 8 min., color, sound. Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York; Ester Partegàs, We the People series, 2006–07. Inkjet ultrachrome archival print, 44 × 50 in. each. Courtesy of the artist and Foxy Production, New York

Dan Graham, Death by Chocolate: West Edmonton Shopping Mall, (1986–2005), 2005. Video, 8 min., color, sound. Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

The Miss Rockaway Armada, 2006. Photograph by Santiago Mostyn, slide installation and photographs. Courtesy of the artists

Nicola Lopez, White Noise, 2006. Ink, graphite on paper, 44 × 44 in. Courtesy of Caren Golden Fine Art, New York; The Miss Rockaway Armada, 2006. Photograph by Santiago Mostyn, slide installation and photographs. Courtesy of the artists

Nicola Lopez, White Noise, 2006. Ink, graphite on paper, 44 × 44 in. Courtesy of Caren Golden Fine Art, New York

Nicola López, Strange Skies, 2005. Woodblock and silkscreen on paper and Mylar 84 × 96 in. Collection of Nancy and Stanley Singer

Tim Rietenbach, Praying Hands, 2007. Mixed-media, site-specific installation dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist; Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle, 1973. Downloaded from UbuWeb and transferred to DVD, 88 min.

Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle, 1973. Downloaded from UbuWeb and transferred to DVD, 88 min.

Scott Massey, 93B Avenue at 165th Street, 2006. From the series Crepuscule, fujiFlex print with UV lamination, 40 × 40 in. each; courtesy of the artist

Learning Group, [Collecting System] in Monterrey, Mexico, 2005, documentation of [Learning Book #001] and [Learning Poster #003]. Courtesy of the artists; Scott Massey, 93B Avenue at 165th Street, 2006. From the series Crepuscule, fujiFlex print with UV lamination, 40 × 40 in. each. Courtesy of the artist

Learning Group, [Collecting System] in Monterrey, Mexico, 2005. Documentation of [Learning Book #001] and [Learning Poster #003}. Courtesy of the artists

Komar & Melamid, Architectural Fantasies, 1998. From the series Collaborations with Animals, computer print collages, 11 × 17 in. each. Courtesy of the former Komar & Melamid Art Studio Archive

Tim Rietenbach, Praying Hands, 2007. Mixed-media, site-specific installation dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist; 5.5 Designers; Réanim, 2004. Mixed-media installation dimensions variable. Courtesy of the designers; Ester Partegàs, We the People series, 2006–07. Inkjet ultrachrome archival print, 44 × 50 in each. Courtesy of the artist and Foxy Production, New York

5.5 Designers, Réanim, 2004. Mixed-media installation dimensions variable. Courtesy of the designers; Design Management AS, Trondheim, Norway, The Bicycle Lift Trampe, built 1993. Photo documentation and video. Courtesy of the designer

Design Management AS, Trondheim, Norway, The Bicycle Lift Trampe, built 1993. Photo documentation and video. Courtesy of the designer

Amy Chan, Tallgrass Prairie, 2006. From the series New Ecosystems, gouache on panel, 20 × 26 in. each. Courtesy of the artist and Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston

Amy Chan, New Ecosystems, 2006, with Ohio Flood, 2007. Acrylic on wall site-specific installation dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist

Consumption Junction, 2007. 52 pages, 8.25 x 5 in.