TITLE WORK: SUPER – PRIVATE : SCENES 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
AUTHOR: paula roush
SOURCE: Arab Image Foundation [EPS + Al-Yom Collections]
MEDIUM: accordion bookwork in six volumes
PAGES: Printed one side
DIMENSIONS: 30 x 11cm, expanding to 130cm
(depending on the volume)
PAPER: Epson 189 gsm paper (accordion)
and Corona offset 120gsm (folded insert)
BINDING: Accordion glued to boards
COVER: black boards with stickers
PROCESS: Inkjet printing
COLOUR: colour
TEXT: Conversation with EPS, who donated
the ‘EPS collection’ to AIF
PUBLISHERS:
First edition published by Plan Bey in a limited edition of 99 in 2015
Second edition published by msdm in unlimited edition in 2017
Contains a new photograph and a conversation between PR (paula roush) and EPS, who donated the ‘EPS collection’ to the Arab Image Foundation released during the launch of infinite multiple in September 2017
ABOUT THE WORK
SUPER – PRIVATE is a set of six accordion books each containing photographs taken in the late 1940s, 1950s by a Lebanese banker known as RS.
The photographs were sourced from the EPS collection as part of
"Torn, Folded, Curled," an archival publishing project developed during a residency at the Arab Image Foundation, a 'MENA (Middle East North Africa)' photographic archive. It brings a new approach to msdm long-standing interest in orphan and vernacular photographic collections.
This residency was primarily focused on sharing archival methodologies used by the Found Photo Foundation in its exhibitions and publications [more about FPF here] and exploring the potential of the Arab Image Foundation’s photographic collections [more about AIF here] as a source for photobook publishing [more about the study here].
For the essay "Torn, Folded, Curled: Orphan Photographs
Sourced From the Arab Image Foundation" see here
EXHIBITIONS:
Torn Curled Folded
GALLERY: Makan project space BeIrut
DATE: Oct - Nov 2015 See here
infinite multiple Lounge Arrival
GALLERIES: Carrol Fletcher and Arebyte London
DATE: 2017-2018 See here
scene #1
RS (self-portrait by the flower curtains)
12 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 130 cm
scene #2
Andrée (Beirut Hippodrome)
8 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 84 cm
scene #3
Rositta (Budapest, hotel room)
6 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 63 cm
scene #4
Andrée (Show jumping)
8 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 84 cm
scene #5
Rositta (Beirut Corniche)
8 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 84 cm
scene #6
Rositta (Hamra, family home)
8 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 84 cm
Each book focuses on a different scene
scene #1: RS (self-portrait by the flower curtains)
12 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 130 cm
scene #2: Andrée (Beirut Hippodrome)
8 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 84 cm
scene #3: Rositta (Budapest, hotel room)
6 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 63 cm
scene #4: Andrée (Showjumping)
8 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 84 cm
scene #5: Rositta (Beirut Corniche)
8 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 84 cm
scene #6: Rositta (Hamra, family home)
8 accordion folded pages 29.7 x 84 cm