In Family History, English conceptual artist Gillian Wearing blends the stylings of documentary, reality television, and personal nostalgia to explore a modern fascination with celebrity culture. The volume documents Wearing’s 2006 video installation by the same name, featuring a young substitute for the artist watching the 1974 “fly-on-the-wall” TV programme The Family in a recreation of her childhood home. This textual accompaniment includes essays from curator Steven Bode and cultural critic Paul Morley, and a conversation between Wearing and Stuart Comer.