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This new catalogue provides a comprehensive document of Goshka Macuga's Bloomberg Commission, The Nature of the Beast, exhibited at the Whitechapel Gallery from April 2009 - April 2010. The catalogue includes an introduction by Whitechapel Gallery Director Iwona Balzwick and curator Kirsty Ogg, as well as essays by Dieter Roelstraete, Carolyn Christov Bakargiev, Cynthia Bronson Altman, Pablo Lafuente, Nayia Yiakoumaki and Sally O'Reilly. The publication focuses on the recently commissioned work, providing an in-depth analysis of the project's various aspects and contextualises the work through discussion of Macuga's past projects. Each catalogue also includes a copy of the newspaper that was produced to accompany the commission.