Maria Stamenković Herranz / This Mortal House Building 1
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This is an art book by Maria Stamenković Herranz (MSH), an international performance artist based in Spain and Serbia. This book attempts to present in the form of an edited version of the artist's performance that took place at the Sákup Sabancı Museum (Istanbul, Turkey). For 24 days, MSH created a brick maze while blindfolded in the museum space, and on the final day they performed a performance in which they destroyed it. Using numerous photographs documenting performances, this book is subject to its own construction and destruction, providing a non-linear reading experience. Unbound, the book invites the reader to follow two types of numbering: Arabic and Roman numerals. The first numbering describes the events in chronological order, and the second numbering provides access to additional text and photos. These different paths lead to a visual and mental maze. By folding, unfolding, and assembling the paper in different ways, we as readers are encouraged to change our experience of the book and gain our own interpretations of the performance.
Publisher: Palais Books
Publication year: 2023
Number of pages pages: 88
Size: 235 x 310 mm
Format: Folder, Unbound, in a Cardboard Folder
Language: English
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Condition: New
First Edition of 500 copies