American author Kathy Acker was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.
Working through an experimental and avant-garde tradition she wrote numerous novels essays
poems and novellas from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. As a postmodernist plagiarist and
post-punk feminist she continues to inspire generations of writers philosophers and artists.
The book GET RID OF MEANING edited by Anja Casser and Matias Viegener is the first
comprehensive publication on Acker's work from an artistic and literary perspective. It
includes previously unpublished material from Acker's personal archive and other collections.
The publication is the compilation of a multipart research project including an exhibition and
a symposium at Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe. Text: Kathy Acker Dodie Bellamy Hanjo
Berressem Ruth Buchanan Anja Casser Georgina Colby Leslie Dick Claire Finch Johnny
Golding Anja Kirschner Chris Kraus Sylvère Lotringer Douglas A. Martin Jason McBride
Karolin Meunier and Kerstin Stakemeier Avital Ronell Daniel Schulz Matias Viegener
McKenzie Wark.
