The Observatory
No original
with Sabine Gross, Wieland Bauder, Christophe Fourvel, Ruedi Baur, Christian Tarting, Jordi Canudas, Francine Zubeil, Susanne Stovhäse, Claude Lévêque, Laurent Malone, Dennis Adams, Groupes Dunes, Muntadas, Ingrid Meyer, Josef Legrand, Jutta Nitschke et Pierre Rochigneux, Michael Hoffstetter, Marylène Negro et Klaus Scherübel, Angela Melitopoulos, Nancy Wilson-Pajic.
How can overflowing pictures, coming from everywhere, crash into or transform your creation? The eighteen selected artists (designers, photographers, video artists, choreographers, writers) have 2 black and white pages at their disposal for their reply.
french-english / size 24,5 x 31,5 cm / 48 pages / printed in 1 color. Hard cover/ isbn : 2-909581-03-3 / 5€ / Observatory publisher / july 1993 / distributed by LMX
The Observatory
Conceived by artists in their relation to photography, original pieces of work are suggested to fill the page's space . This page is their unique place of appearance. Being part of this creative game, the printing techniques fulfill each work's requirement : process-printing, two-colour printing, spot colours... Each book is determined by a theme, which also defines the constraints of what is considered to be a tool of research and creation.
Conceived by artists in their relation to photography, original pieces of work are suggested to fill the page's space . This page is their unique place of appearance. Being part of this creative game, the printing techniques fulfill each work's requirement : process-printing, two-colour printing, spot colours... Each book is determined by a theme, which also defines the constraints of what is considered to be a tool of research and creation.
