Peter Mellgard

About The Press What defines Berggruen Press books is their identity as art objects whose uncategorizable ideas cross political, philosophical, scientific, academic, and cultural boundaries. Each project is more than a mere text: Alongside literary and philosophical storytelling informed by rigorous research, there will be art and interesting design elements plus activities, guides, blueprints, and other ways to interact with the author(s), with the Press, and with fellow readers.

Issue 11 was generated on land, across six states and five countries, and in the air between 3,000 and 30,000 feet. It contains 18 essays presenting unexpected perspectives on the space between Earth and outer space accompanied by visual experiments attempting nonhuman dialogues with air.

Credits Peter Mellgard is the senior editor of Noema Magazine. POINT BAKER, Alaska — The sun was shining in the Alaskan rainforest on the morning Elsa Sebastian nosed the Murrelet out of a tiny harbor on the edge of an island in one of the world’s most remote wildernesses. A breeze blew out of the north at a steady 10 knots, and the sea was glassy and calm. “The boat feels good,” Elsa said, mostly to herself, as she kept an eye on the underwater rocks that lurked in the narrow channel.