Beyond Here Is Nothing (*signed*)

@ El-Tantawy, Laura

978-099328761-9

New

.Two copies back in stock : #323 and #325.

Presentation by the artist:

" « Enclosed between four walls, the sound of silence never seemed louder. It’s claustrophobic. I wait for the phone to ring, check for emails obsessively, eat everything out of the fridge. The hunger remains. I feel like if I dig my hand deep into my soul, I will find nothing. The awareness I am experiencing is unspeakable. Faces change when we meet. Is their solitude reflected in mine? There is an awkward silence. »

        -- Laura El-Tantawy

Beyond Here Is Nothing is a photo-book object meditating on home. A place of belonging, a tranquil state of mind; a nostalgic memory or an imaginary destination – home is a perpetual possibility El-Tantawy is journeying to reach.

Her personal experience growing up in contrasting cultures is the window to an intimate and emotive visual exploration of the unsettling feeling of rootlessness, the mental burden of loneliness and the constant search for belonging in unfamiliar places.

Drifting between the physical and the whimsical, the book reveals itself through layers of images and words. A mirror of dispositions. A living object harmonizing with time."

The book consists of three interwoven volumes opening in three directions. Design by -SYB- (Sybren Kuiper). Closed, the publication looks as if in an illustrated slipcase. Texts by the artist, in English only.

Laura El-Tantawy has made a video presentation of the book here.

190 pages - Hardcover

Self-published, 2017 (500 copies)

Format : 15 x 18 cm

*Signed & Numbered*

New - Mint condition

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199,00 €

El-Tantawy, Laura

Laura El-Tantawy is an Egyptian photographer. With her characteristically painterly and impressionistic eye on reality, Laura explores social and environmental issues pertaining to her background. Photo  : © self-portrait
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