FUEL

EVERY EDITION that the pocketbook anthology series Alphabet City co-publishes with The MIT Press binds together the work of a diverse group of artists and writers who investigate a single topic from many angles.

FUEL was a theme particularly well suited to our method because it is multifaceted. We were able to assemble a collection of works that take the reader from considerations of infrastructure to questions about our fuel fantasies.

Kelly Doran’s contribution, which describes a possible remedial future for the tar sands, creates a stunning and original visual and policy perspective on a gigantic concern. It is an excellent example of the kind of work Alphabet City seeks to do: work that is provocative and beautiful at the same time.
I think of FUEL as a kind of conceptual explosion. If we have done our job right, this little volume will create opportunities for you to reinvent your own ideas about what our energy future might look like.

John Knechtel