Blinked Myself Awake - Signed
Blinked Myself Awake - Signed
Blinked Myself Awake - Signed
Blinked Myself Awake - Signed
Blinked Myself Awake - Signed
Blinked Myself Awake - Signed
Blinked Myself Awake - Signed
Blinked Myself Awake - Signed
Blinked Myself Awake - Signed
Blinked Myself Awake - Signed
Blinked Myself Awake - Signed

Blinked Myself Awake - Signed

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The new book by Magnum photographer and visual artist Bieke Depoorter

In recent years, photographer Bieke Depoorter has sought out amateur stargazers, visited state-of-the-art observatories, and researched the history of astronomy. Never especially interested in the field earlier, she gradually realized that her new obsession was related to childhood memories lost due to trauma. The night sky is, after all, a kind of shared memory: the light from celestial bodies can take hundreds or thousands of light-years to reach our eyes on earth. Some observable stars may have disappeared long ago.

Depoorter felt reluctant to look at stars herself but was drawn to observing others as they observed the universe. In Blinked Myself Awake, she investigates the fragility of memory, photography's unreliability, the human desire for objectivity, and the elusive nature of ‘truth.’ She connects the dots of a highly personal narrative, interweaving images of stargazers with diaristic texts and fragments from the history of astronomy – a science that was forever changed by the invention of photography.

Design

Like Bieke Depoorter’s other books, this book plays an important role as an object. It is not a final product but an integral part of the work itself, with the design following this principle. Since the personal texts form the core of this work—which explores Depoorter’s lost memories and how they have influenced her life—designers Armand Mevis and Bieke Depoorter have chosen to reverse the design of a traditional photobook, printing these texts on thick (photo) paper while using thin recycled paper for the photographs of astronomers and the historical research, which often highlights (forgotten) female astronomers and recounts the search for evidence supporting scientific findings.

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Limited edition with print

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Language: English
Publication Year: 2024
Hardcover

Pages: 136
Size: 28 x 28 cm

Texts & Images: Bieke Depoorter / Magnum Photos

Text editing: Gideon Jacobs

Concept & Design: Armand Mevis &  Bieke Depoorter

Typography: Armand Mevis

Printing: robstolk, Amsterdam, NL

Binding: Van Mierlo, Nijmegen, NL

Published by Hannibal

Co-published by This Book Is True

ISBN: 978-9-46459-027-2

D/2024/11922/64

NUR653