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Shumon Basar is a writer. He is the author of Do You Often Confuse Love with Success and with Fame? His (co)edited books include Drone Fiction, Translated By, Hans Ulrich Obrist Interviews: Volume 2, The World of Madelon Vriesendorp, Did Someone Say Participate?, With/Without and Cities from Zero. Since 1991, Douglas Coupland has written thirteen novels published in most languages. He has written and performed for England's Royal Shakespeare Company and is a regular columnist with the Financial Times. He began a visual art practice in 2000, and his first museum retrospective opened in summer 2014 at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Hans Ulrich Obrist is a curator and writer. Since 2006 he has been co-director of the Serpentine Gallery, London. His previous books include Ai Weiwei Speaks, written with Ai Weiwei, and Ways of Curating, published by Allen Lane. He is widely considered one of the most influential contemporary curators in the world.
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