Imagined futures / Rafael Soldi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soldi, Rafael, artist.

Contributor:

Candor Arts (Chicago, Ill.)

Ruth and Marvin Sackner Fund for the Arts of the Contemporary Book.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Photography, Artistic.

Genre:

Artists' books -- Washington (state) -- 2019

Artists' books

Physical Description:

52 leaves : illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Futuros imaginarios.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Candor Arts, 2019.

Notes:

Edition of 200 signed and numbered copies

Text in English and Spanish.

Foil stamped clamshell box containing a tipped-in print, introduction by Rafael Soldi, a set of 50 prints, and a supporting booklet.

Imagined Futures addresses a concern universal to most immigrants. How do we grieve the life we left behind in order to live this one? What do we do with these haunting visions and questions about the lives we left behind? For two years I used analog photo booths to capture the loss of imagined futures, bidding each farewell in a private ritual. Akin to a confessional, the booths are both witness and complicit in each performance--a small stage for a monumental performance that is private and public all at once. Releasing all formal control, each booth yields a unique image, transforming from a simple picture-making apparatus into a collaborator that makes a likeness of a body mourning in its belly.

Essay by Miguel A. Lopez, with translation by Tony Beckwith.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Fund for the Arts of the Contemporary Book.

ISBN:

9781950615018

1950615014

OCLC:

1225207884