Requiem
2 books in 1; Forecast and (but, alas, we never do)
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artist book, 2023
screen printed by hand
26,5 x 18,5 cm

edition of 6 (variations)
3 different covers
signed and numbered
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Requiem means a song or hymn of mourning. This artist book consists of 2 books in one; “Forecast” and “(but alas we never do”). The texts in the book are short extracts from Vivaldi’s sonnets for the four seasons, some weather forecasts and a quote from Dorothy Parker;

Drink and dance and laugh and lie,
Love, the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)

But above all my artist book is made out of images and ambiance. You can do a parallel reading or read the books one at a time, or a bit here and there. There is not one “right way” of reading Requiem.

“Requiem” was my contribution to the Artist Book Project “To the sweet Murmurs of leaves”celebrating the 65 years of AGA LAB (artist run print studio in Amsterdam). The theme was The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi: the story of a man and his relationship with a landscape that changes every season. 28 artists participated and the books were exhibited at De Bouwput Gallery in Amsterdam.