Touching and imagining : an introduction to tactile art

Erudite and totally unique, Touching and Imagining chronicles Švankmajer's intensive experimentation with tactile phenomena and how despite total political isolation artists are capable of finding a voice.

As Švankmajer explains from his new introduction for the book:
'...so much for the idea that totalitarian systems and censorship act as a brake on original creativity. In a sense they act in exactly the opposite way. To overcome difficulties and to get around prohibitions whips up defiance and subversion, which is inherent in all creativity worth that name; it achieves fine nuances.'