Black and white laser printing on 50 gsm poster paper. The slipcase is silkscreened with transparent varnish, edition statement and artist's signature inside slipcase. Special Collections has copy number 27 of 100, signed by the photographer. IaU
Summary:
" In 2012 Cyprien Gaillard went on a trip to Sri Lanka and visited the city of Kandy located at the geographical center of the country. Kandy is also where the artist printed a few copies of an artist book: NIGHTLIFE ... As Gaillard was wandering through the streets of Kandy, the artist noticed the delicate quality of the paper used for the posters that saturate the city walls. Most street posters in Sri Lanka are printed on a thin 50 grams paper. After tearing a fragment of a poster off a wall as a paper sample, Cyprien Gaillard entered the first print shop he found and asked if they could make him a large book of his night photos (a project the artist had initiated a few years earlier) and bind the volume according to their local standards ... The combination of the intense black and white photos, the use of thin poster paper, the waxy effect from the laser printing on the coated paper surface, the white random fractures on the pages, and ultimately the cracking sound created by the bound sheets as the pages were turned produced an effect that seduced Gaillard immediately."--Three Star Press website
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1196201340
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.