Independent Publishing House — Palermo
Independent Publishing House — Palermo
28,00 €
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With the colours? With driving through the light? With kids telling you it wasn’t them you heard singing and dancing in the night, it was the Ancestors? With the dust? With flying over the country for most of a day? With faces in termite mounds? With returning again and again? With wild horses? With making a cup of tea and watching the sun set three nights in a row? With flood plains? With travel fatigue and the feeling of being caught between worlds? With driving roads you’ve seen from the air and thought, ‘Who would drive that road?’ With spirits? With clouds of nothing? The dream state? With the people who pull you out of it? People connected to this land for thousands of years? With the Tropic of Capricorn? With the realisation that now you’re addicted to those desert colours? That you miss them? With seven years of photos? With looking at those photos at home in the city a day after getting back and wondering if you were ever really there?
Book design by 89books
36 pages
21 x 28 cm
22 color photographs
Stapled brochure in a printed envelope
Digital print
Founded by a photographer, 89books emerged from the desire to elevate the book as an artistic medium and to create opportunities for photographers at the beginning of their careers, as well as for those with little or no previous experience in photobook publishing. Book proposals may be submitted at any time, either as a completed dummy or as an invitation to collaborate on the development of a project from a larger body of photographic material. In the latter case, 89books works closely with the artist on image selection, editing, sequencing, and graphic design in order to shape the work into a carefully conceived publication.
Folio is a special series of 89books dedicated to the production of fast-paced publications distinguished by a cohesive design and a standard format (21 × 28 cm). Each edition is housed in a printed envelope, reinforcing the tactile and collectible nature of the object. With Folio, 89books aims to respond to photographers’ desire to produce limited-edition publications quickly, while maintaining a strong commitment to quality and craftsmanship. Folio is continuously open to submissions from artists and photographers with fully developed projects seeking to transform their work into a carefully conceived publication.
The 89Books AIR Program (Artists in Residence) supports professionals working in contemporary art, with a particular focus on photography and bookmaking. During the residency, residents may either refine an existing project with the aim of transforming it into a book, or develop new work in the city of Palermo intended to become part of Quaderno Palermo – a collection of impressions of the city and its inhabitants conceived in dialogue with the 89books team. The residency also seeks to question and expand the very notion of the “book,” exploring new possibilities for how photobooks can be made, structured, viewed, and experienced. Residencies typically last two weeks. Shorter or longer stays may be arranged individually. Selected candidates receive a letter of support to assist with applications for external funding covering travel expenses and per diems.
Quaderno Palermo is a special publication series dedicated to photographers’ interpretations of Palermo, a city endlessly photographed and immortalized in cinema. At once visually captivating and deeply neglected, Palermo offers a rich and layered terrain for artistic exploration. Projects may be developed independently or within the framework of the 89books Artist-in-Residence program. The intended outcome is a publication in the Quaderno Palermo series.
