msdm a nomadic house-studio-gallery for photographic art and curatorial research, an expanded practice of the artist's book, photobook publishing and peer-to-peer collaboration created by contemporary artist paula roush
NOTHING TO UNDO
Handbound artist’s book with slipcase
japanese stab binding with gatefold structure
75 pages, 24 gatefolds, 2 inserts and 4 loose texts
29.7 x 21 cm, closed dimensions; 29,7 x 84 cm open
48 colour photographs and 8 monotone images
Toner printing with HP LaserJet CP5225
on uncoated matt papers: Fedrigoni 100 + 300 gsm paper,
Daler-Rowney tracing paper 60gsm,
newsprint 60gsm
and various found papers
printed with Solid Ink Xerox Phaser 8560
Editon of 250.
msdm publications 2015
SYNOPSIS
A road-trip between Malmö and Stockholm, two friends on the road, self-consciously documenting their disembodied geographies. The book documents a farewell journey whilst essaying photographs and writing into the double vision of the migrants’ eyes. The journey in the diaspora is recreated in the photobook form through gatefolds and splits that fragment the photos in halves, a process that can be reverse-engineered through cross-referencing the photos to the indexical writing.
AWARDS
Winner of the Sheffield International Artist’s Book prize 2015
Kassell Photobook Festival 2015
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
School of The Art Institute of Chicago Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
Accession Number 108.43
Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Thomas J. Watson Library Special Collections
Call Number N7433.4.R68 N68 2015
REVIEWS
Meg Beaumont, nothing to undo
Kaleid Editions
Sunday Reading #004 April 2016
Maria Jose Prada Rodriguez
El libro en abismo. Relaciones y transferencias entre imagen
y dispositivo en el libro de artista.
Doctoral thesis.
Programa de Doctorado en Arte Contemporaneo,
Creacion e Investigacion
Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Vigo. 2017.
Repositorio Internacional da Universidade de Vigo
January 2018
Maria Caudia Bada
To leave is a bit like dying
Comments on nothing to undo
msdm is Mobile Strategies of Display & Mediation
a nomadic House — Studio — Gallery for photographic art
curatorial research, expanded practice of the artist's book
photobook publishing and peer - to - peer collaborations
by appointment only
please e-mail to schedule a visit
paula roush
founder
paularoush@gmail.com
House—Studio—Gallery
London SE
msdm@msdm.org.uk
school of arts & creative industries
london south bank university
roushp@lsbu.org.uk