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The series “17 18 19” is based on a bag of film negatives recovered from a recycling plant on the outskirts of Beijing in 2010. The bag contained an archive of over 15,000 scratched black-and-white negatives, photographed at one of the city’s detention centers between 1991 and 1993. A true investigative journey into the police’s use of these photographers and their aesthetic, the book thus examines their practice and their understanding of photography, composition, and artistic direction. Who are these people? What are the stories behind each element? Why 17 18 19? These are the questions the reader must answer. As if the book were evidence in itself. Placing the reader in the investigator’s shoes.
During the artist’s stay at Convento Residency (Portugal)—in September 2019—the book was edited, designed, and prepared for printing. This was done in early October 2019 at the MAS in Istanbul. It is printed with silver metallic ink on black paper. And this was not a random aesthetic decision. The black pages allow the photographs to be printed in negative form. And the silver metallic ink links “17 18 19” to its origins: the Silvermine project. Silver and negatives, once discarded in China, are now recycled in the form of a book.
Published by Void Editions, 2019
A numbered (34/50) and signed cardboard box containing 3 prints and a unique original mm negative mm the Silvermine collection in Beijing (series 17/18/19).
15.5 cm 20.5 cm, in good condition
ISBN
The series “17 18 19” is based on a bag of film negatives recovered from a recycling plant on the outskirts of Beijing in 2010. The bag contained an archive of over 15,000 scratched black-and-white negatives, photographed at one of the city’s detention centers between 1991 and 1993. A true investigative journey into the police’s use of these photographers and their aesthetic, the book thus examines their practice and their understanding of photography, composition, and artistic direction. Who are these people? What are the stories behind each element? Why 17 18 19? These are the questions the reader must answer. As if the book were evidence in itself. Placing the reader in the investigator’s shoes.
During the artist’s stay at Convento Residency (Portugal)—in September 2019—the book was edited, designed, and prepared for printing. This was done in early October 2019 at the MAS in Istanbul. It is printed with silver metallic ink on black paper. And this was not a random aesthetic decision. The black pages allow the photographs to be printed in negative form. And the silver metallic ink links “17 18 19” to its origins: the Silvermine project. Silver and negatives, once discarded in China, are now recycled in the form of a book.
Published by Void Editions, 2019
A numbered (34/50) and signed cardboard box containing 3 prints and a unique original mm negative mm the Silvermine collection in Beijing (series 17/18/19).
15.5 cm 20.5 cm, in good condition
ISBN
