Contemporary Research Intensive was an event organized in the context of the 57th Venice Art Biennale to investigate the concept of “contemporaneity.” The book is both part and result of the intensive sharing of ideas to produce something that captures the spirit of both discussions at that time and the publication process as a temporal form.

The publication by Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson is conceived as a first comprehensive overview / in depth analysis of more than ten years of their artistic practice—leading up to their most current works.