A three-part book reflecting on exhibitions time display and writing taking an anthology of
texts and interviews by designer and curator Prem Krishnamurthy as its starting point.
Writings by Prem Krishnamurthy from 2009-2024 are framed by materials documenting two
exhibition-like experiments: "K A Year with P. Krishnamurthy" (KW Institute for Contemporary
Art 2018 2019) and "Endless Exhibition" (Kunsthal Gent 2019-ongoing). Each section of the
book is designed by a different designer or team-Ann Richter David Knowles Mark Foss and
Valentijn Goethals- giving the entire volume a sense of multiplicity. Taken together "Past
Words" looks at how design curating exhibition-making and language itself can become formats
for speculation and ways to create new realities.
