Sylvie Tubiana
waga sugata
Artist's book with photographs by Sylvie Tubiana.
With 11 Haiku by Midorikawa Masumi and the
Essay »The Snow's Light« by Daniel Keene.
Book cover: Softcover, in slipcase
Binding: Thread stitching
Paper/slipcase: Gmund Colors Nr. 59 blue, 300 g/sqm
Paper/cover: Garda Art Matt, 350 g/sqm
Paper/book block: Garda Art Matt, 170 g/sqm
Print/slipcase: Foil embossing in white
Print/cover: Offset print in color
Print/book block: Offset print in color
Font(s): Minion, DFKyoKaSho, DFPGyoSho-Lt
Size: 21 x 28,5 cm
Weight: 500 g
Number of pages: 96 pp.
Number of illustrations: 30 ill.
Language(s): English / French / Japanese
Year of publication: 2007
Edition size: 800 copies
ISBN: 978-3-900169-05-3
Euro 25,00
(10 % VAT incl., shipping excl.)
The book contains two photo series by French artist
Japan in 2004. Sylvie Tubiana in her introduction:
„In traditional Japanese architecture, my attention
was drawn to several elements: the variety of the
materials, the presence of the ground in everyday
gestures and attitudes, the use of sliding panels and
their openness towards nature. Inner space extends
naturally towards the exterior. Thus I created a first
series entitled Mémoire secrète (Secret Memory).“
She continues: „Apart from Japanese architecture, the relationship which the Japanese have with their baths
and their thermal springs (onsen) also fed into my work.
A series of photographs was specifically carried out in
this so particular atmosphere of relaxation, heat and
steam; I quite naturally called it Onsen.“
Layout design by Sylvie Tubiana and Elisabeth Parth.