In The Best Possible Condition is an artist-publication in the shape of a tabloid. This publication is the product of a collaboration between Ivan Martinez and Jan Adriaans, departing from video works both artists made on a rooster farm in Mexico City. These roosters are bred for cockfights, which are allowed in some parts of Mexico. The imagery in the publication is stills from these videos and the design is made by Ivan Martinez. Six text-works/ short essays, written by six writers accompany the imagery, departing from or referencing the blood sports cock-fighting. A poetic reflection of a rooster looking in a mirror, a story of childhood and rooster breeding, a story on human and animal accuracy, concrete poetry on Tabula Rasa, a short history on the emergence of bodybuilding, and an essay on stress on the work floor.

Author(s): Various
Year: 2019
Pages: 20
Dimensions: 28.5 x 38 cm
Cover: Softcover
Language: English