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Caroline Jones studies modern and contemporary art, with a particular focus on its technological modes of production, distribution, and reception. Professor of Art History and director of the History, Theory, and Criticism Program in the Department of Architecture at MIT, she has also worked as an essayist and curator. A frequent contributor to Artforum, Jones’ current research into globalism informs her next book on contemporary art, the world picture, and what she calls “biennial culture”.

Ben Aranda, with Chris Lasch, established the New York-based architectural studio Aranda/Lasch in 2003. Recent winners of the Young Architects Award in New York, their work is also the subject of the book Tooling, published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2006. The Morning Line, in collaboration with the artist Matthew Ritchie and others, was recently installed at the 3rd Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla and was also represented at the 2008 architectural biennial in Venice.