La librairie Tipi Bookshop
Je n'ai jamais autant exploré les librairies que pendant ma résidence à Bruxelles. Parmi toutes les librairies que j'ai découvertes, j'ai eu un vrai coup de coeur pour la librairie Tulitu, où j'ai présenté une exposition, pour celle du Wiels dont je parlerai prochainement, et pour Tipi Bookshop, une librairie spécialisée dans le livre de photo :
Parmi tous les livres que j'ai effeuillés dans la librairie Tipi Bookstore, je vous présente quelques uns de ceux que j'ai retenus, parce qu'ils parlent de disparition, d'effacement, de traces, de mémoire et de mort. Mais j'aurais pu passer tous les jours dans la librairie que j'aurais chaque fois eu un coup de foudre pour un nouveau livre.
I DO NOT WANT TO DISAPPEAR SILENTLY INTO THE NIGHT, KATRIEN DE BLAUWER
I do not want to disappear silently into the night de Katrien de blauwer from Tipi Bookshop on Vimeo.
Juste ce titre - I do not want to disappear silently... - pourrait suffire à expliquer mon coup de coeur pour ce livre qui présente une série de collages réalisés à partir de vieux magazines et livres. L'artiste donne un nouveau sens à ces images, tout en les sauvant de la destruction. Le livre construit une narration dans laquelle intimité et anonymat se conjuguent ensemble.
TEN DISCIPLES, TSUTOMU YAGAMATA
«I do not clearly recall if it was when I was preparing for my father’s death after hearing that he had been diagnosed with cancer and only had a short time to live, or if it was when my child was born, that I learned about the valley where cancer patients gather. The spa of Tamagawa is deep in the rural mountains of Akita prefecture in northern Japan. The valley is filled with radioactive rocks and the ground temperature is high. The air is thick with sulfuric fumes from volcanoes from nearby volcanoes. When I look closely, I see people lying here and there on stretch of gray rock. People fighting cancer throw themselves at the mercy of the radiation that fills the valley and get exposed to the heat of the Earth. »
«I do not clearly recall if it was when I was preparing for my father’s death after hearing that he had been diagnosed with cancer and only had a short time to live, or if it was when my child was born, that I learned about the valley where cancer patients gather. The spa of Tamagawa is deep in the rural mountains of Akita prefecture in northern Japan. The valley is filled with radioactive rocks and the ground temperature is high. The air is thick with sulfuric fumes from volcanoes from nearby volcanoes. When I look closely, I see people lying here and there on stretch of gray rock. People fighting cancer throw themselves at the mercy of the radiation that fills the valley and get exposed to the heat of the Earth. »
taches & traces, premiers essais photosensibles d'hippolyte bayard
shining in absence, erik kessels
Amc2 journal Issue 12 «Shining in Absence» is about the space left by the disappearance of photography both as an idea and as a material object. It is also a memento mori for Frido Troost (1960–2013) the Dutch photo historian and archivist. His organisation ICM (Institute of Concrete Matter) in Haarlem was acquired by AMC London shortly before he died. He is missed by many friends for his warmth and innate understanding of the boundless nature of photography.
illa, salva lopez
Ce que j'aime dans ce livre, c'est le dispositif des photographies tantôt imprimées sur le côté visible de la page, tantôt imprimées à l'intérieur des pages pliées en deux. Elles deviennent alors presque invisibles, à moins de détruire le livre.
Et puis j'ai aussi aimé ces deux petits livres :
DUSK BY JULIE VAN DER VAART
le fond de l'air est rouge, anne bossuroy
