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The Book of Books offers an overview of Documenta 13's guiding themes through a compilation of art projects and essays. Documenta 13's Artistic Director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev has proposed the 2012 festival as a refusal of conceptual unity， instead ”choreographing many different kinds of materials， methodologies and forms of knowledge.” Responding to the political and economic uncertainty of our times， Christov-Bakargiev declares that ”Documenta must aspire， by contrast， to instead exercise imagination as a space of accuracy in which to practice and challenge our definition of the political.” The Book of Books reproduces the entire 100 Notes-100 Thoughts series of publications (either as facsimiles or with entirely new layouts)， and is supplemented by essays from Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev， Chus Martnez， Franco Berardi and others， plus statements by some of the festival's agents and advisors. Illustrated short biographies of all participating artists are included， along with a catalogue of the works on display.