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“ , - . ” IS A PHOTO COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARMANDO MILANO AND FELICITAS YANG. THE SERIES COMPRISES A TOTAL OF 88 PHOTOS, PLAYFULLY JUXTAPOSING PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS VIA ASSOCIATIVE DIPTYCHS. THE BOOKS AMOUNT TO A LIMITED EDITION OF 120 COPIES, WHICH WERE ENTIRELY PRINTED AND HAND-BOUND BY THE PHOTOGRAPHERS.
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Standard Edition
Special Edition
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dimensions: 15 x 21,5 cm
Language: English
Page count: 100
ISBN: 979-10-415-1769-5
Hard cover
Stitch binding
Braided gradient bookmark stitched into bindingStandard edition wrapped in nepalese Lokta paper
Special Edition wrapped in genuine marbled paperEach Special Edition is housed in a slipcase with one of eight inkjet prints. The print is signed by either Armando Milano or Felicitas Yang.
“There isn't any particular relationship between all the messages, except that the author has chosen them carefully, so that, when seen all at once, they produce an image of life that is beautiful and surprising and deep. There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time.”
Kurt Vonnegut
Making Of
In order to fulfil our vision as best we could, we decided to make all 120 editions by hand. This meant we needed to learn the techniques and processes from scratch and had to turn our living space into a work studio. The process, however long and tedious, was as educational as it was rewarding because it proved we could independently produce what we assumed was only conceivable for publishing houses.
To start with, each edition needed to be wrapped in Nepalese Lokta paper (special editions were covered with genuine marbled paper instead), which entailed 4 gluing sessions for each of the 240 covers we needed to produce.
This step was followed by the separation of a thin section of each cover. Both parts would then be taped back together to form the book-joint.
The interior pages of each book would then be printed using an inkjet printer. The pages would then need to be punctured by hand in order to bind them together using a stitch-binding technique.
Finally, a stamp with the book’s title needed to be carved, and each card cut to shape before gluing it onto the front cover.
