From static oblivion

Excerpt from the press-kit—

“From static oblivion, an artbook in line with Avarie’s previous publications, aims to deepen, starting from Ion Grigorescu’s rich artistic production, the reflection about the status of the image as a balance of forces in tension (statics), as form and design of what is in continuous movement (rhythm) and as a paradoxical act of cancellation of the body through its own representation (oblivion).

“(…) The layout of the book and the sequencing of the photographs follow a series of reiterations, where the repeated image slightly differs from the preceding one in terms of perspective, temporality and technique, as inspired by Tarkovski’s rhythm based way of filming: within one and the same long take, the Russian director lets his camera return and close up on the same starting image while bringing in a slight yet significant mutation (1-2-1). Besides, many elements of the book are often “extracted” elements, elements taken out of larger figurative compositions and therefore capable of conveying a continuous sense of déjà-vu and of forcing the reader to stop, to go back eventually and to move back and forth inside the volume, engaging him in a reading that is just as performative: this is the case for example with the pictures taken out of a photo series, with the frames taken out of a film, or with the title of the book which derives from the verses of a poem (…)”.

(© AVARIE and Giuliana Prucca)
Inner book’s photos by Marc Schroeder