BENCH, VOL. 1
Gathered by Monika Janulevičiūtė
Published by Flat I, Rotterdam & TLTRPreß, Berlin, 2024, 384 pp. (b/w ill.), 14.8 × 21 cm, English
Price: €17

The volume contains 378 screenshots of benches found in real estate listings—from summer houses, homesteads, barns, garden houses, timber sheds to wash houses and saunas—in provinces and towns of Lithuania.

Monika Janulevičiūtė is a Lithuanian designer and artist. For her, the frankness of bench-making binds design, craft and art practices together. The bench takes centre stage to the extreme. A multifaceted quotidian subject swivelling around its vertical axis, showing the elastic attachments to life and functionality.

#2024 #michielhuijben #monikajanuleviciute
Dineo Seshee Bopape
Published by Revolver Publishing, Berlin, 2022, 256 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 11 × 16.5 cm, English
Price: €17 (Out of stock)

With her “notebook of dreams” Dineo Seshee Bopape transports you into the world of African scents. The book has been left mostly unprinted, but each right-hand page is coated with a scented print varnish manufactured using a traditional hydro-distillation technique out of the material of earthenware clay vessels to simulate the fragrance of parched soil and withered plants after a rainstorm. Reinforcing this sense perception associated with powerful emotions and memories, a QR code opens an audio file recorded by Bopape that enhances the experience of rain with an acoustic dimension.

#2022 #dineosesheebopape #revolverpublishing #secession
The Spirit of Avant-Garde Photography: Transforming “Nothing Much”
Published by Akaaka, Kyoto, 2024, 240 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 19 × 26 cm, Japanese with some English translations
Price: €25

During the 1930s, a large number of works influenced by surrealism were shown in Japan under the heading “avant-garde photography”. Among these were works by Shuzo Takiguchi (1903–1979), who soon thereafter founded the Avant-Garde Photography Association along with Nobuya Abe (1913–1971). Their theoretical approach to the photographic medium would in turn influence other experimental Japanese artists such as Kiyoji Otsuji (1923–2001) and Shigeo Gocho (1946–1983). Collectively these artists have made an indelible impact on 20th-century photography in Japan, which is the subject of this seminal exhibition catalogue on their work and legacy.

#2024 #abstractphotography #japaneseavantgarde #japanesephotography #kiyojiotsuji #nobuyaabe #shigeogocho #shuzotakiguchi
Purple Journal 11
Published by Purple Books, Paris, 2007, 144 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 19.5 × 24 cm, English
Price: €80

This internationally-oriented journal is organised into sections based on the date and the city from which the contributor submits his or her thoughts, observations, photographs, and/or stories. The result is a collection of news and insights from around the world during a particular period, in this case, January 6 through May 2, 2007.

Contributors include Laetitia Benat, Mark Borthwick, Christophe Brunnquell, Anders Edström, Elein Fleiss, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Nakako Hayashi, Gary Indiana, Jeff Rian, Chikashi Suzuki, Antek Walczak, Cosmic Wonder Light Source, Henry Roy, Tomoo Gokita amongst others.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#2007 #andersedstrom #antekwalczak #chikashisuzuki #cosmicwonder #dominiquegonzalezfoerster #eleinfleiss #fashion #garyindiana #henryroy #jeffrian #laetitiabenat #markborthwick #nakakohayashi #purplebooks
Purple Journal 11
Published by Purple Books, Paris, 2007, 144 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 19.5 × 24 cm, English
Price: €80 (Out of stock)

This internationally-oriented journal is organised into sections based on the date and the city from which the contributor submits his or her thoughts, observations, photographs, and/or stories. The result is a collection of news and insights from around the world during a particular period, in this case, January 6 through May 2, 2007.

Contributors include Laetitia Benat, Mark Borthwick, Christophe Brunnquell, Anders Edström, Elein Fleiss, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Nakako Hayashi, Gary Indiana, Jeff Rian, Chikashi Suzuki, Antek Walczak, Cosmic Wonder Light Source, Henry Roy, Tomoo Gokita amongst others.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#2007 #andersedstrom #chikashisuzuki #cosmicwonder #dominiquegonzalezfoerster #eleinfleiss #fashion #garyindiana #henryroy #jeffrian #laetitiabenat #markborthwick #nakakohayashi #purplebooks
Exercises in Practical Mischievery #4:
Whatever It Takes (Going Out of One’s Way)
Published by Speculative Press, Amsterdam, 2022, 16 pp. w. insert (b/w ill.), 14.5 × 42 cm, English
Price: €4

Theatre on the streets, public behaviour, being on display, working in the public, pretending, putting on an act, deception, public performing, street acts, standing out, seeking attention, entertainment, dress-up, appearance, disappearance, taking matters into one’s own hands. Observed, imagined and designed by LP.

Series edited by Aubrie Savage. Printed on a risograph at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Bound by Librix Print.

#2022 #exercisesinpracticalmischievery #laurapappa