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Following the exhibitions at Bonner Kunstverein and Kunsthaus Glarus in 2012 and 2013, this is the first mon- ograph dedicated to the Swiss artist Luca Frei (b. 1976). In his artistic practice — from installations, sculptures, drawings and paintings to exhibition design — Frei questions and revisits ideas and speculations about modern- ist forms. In particular, his interest is aimed at their potential to foster new perception and audience response. Rather than offering new interpretations and meanings, Frei's multi-faceted works and their arrangement in space follow a line of open-ended, associative, even partici- patory possibilities. The book introduces Frei’s work in a similarly intertwined structure: six authors that have shared a long-term dialogue with the artist shed a per- sonal light on Frei’s practice from different angles. The book’s somewhat extravagant title is borrowed from a novel by the American writer and poet Gertrude Stein. It relates to matters of time and change, of shifting per- spectives that are central to Frei's work.