So to speak

Klenz, Steffi (2018) So to speak. [Book art/Artist's book]

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Bleeding White by Steffi Klenz

Bleeding White by Steffi Klenz

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Bleeding White by Steffi Klenz

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Bleeding White by Steffi Klenz, selected by Mustafa Hulusi for billboard project, London

Bleeding White by Steffi Klenz, selected by Mustafa Hulusi for billboard project, London

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Bleeding White by Steffi Klenz, selected by Mustafa Hulusi for billboard project, London

Bleeding White by Steffi Klenz, selected by Mustafa Hulusi for billboard project, London

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So to speak - front cover

So to speak - front cover

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So to speak - inside page

So to speak - inside page

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So to speak - page 2

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So to speak - page 20

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Phoetry exhibition

Phoetry exhibition

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Creators:
Klenz, Steffi
Description/Abstract:

The book So To Speak presents imagery that use digital photographic technologies such iPhones and consumer-grade Epson printers and its printer profiles – as tools to create imagery that generates fresh and critical perspectives of the photographic medium as a medium that communicates across and through technology and technological language systems such as codes and printer profiles.

The book tells the story of a couple’s separation through photographic imagery and fragmented reflective text pieces highlighting the couple’s inability to communicate effectively with each other.
The writing and photographs are the product of the period of one year of grief Klenz experienced after the moment her long-term relationship ended and while still living in the same house as her former partner. Klenz used her daily walks as a quotidian ritual to enter into a dialogue with the spaces she encountered: buildings, objects and places acted as triggers for her memory. The buildings and architectural scenes provided a means to harness her internal thinking, allowing her to be with and in architecture, meeting herself at the same time.

The book installs the textual reflections and imagery together and aims to question the role of communication in photography, focusing on dichotomies of image and text. Klenz is interested to explore these two language systems — visual and verbal- in her book, highlighting the inherent limitations of both photography and words as “descriptive systems” to communicate effectively in their singular form. So To Speak explores the translations that occur between systems of communication and dissemination of information: between a couple and between the photographic and the textual.

Item Type:
Art/Design Item
Other Contributors:
Terry Perk (Afterword by)
Date:
2018
Locations / Venues:
Location
From Date
To Date
Group exhibition "Phoetry / Poetography / Photographic Literature" - annual visual literature exhibition at The Museum of Futures, London, UK
21 February 2019
5 March 2019
One piece 'Bleeding White' from the book was selected by artist Mustafa Hulusi for his billboard intervention project, 2 Hoxton Street, London, UK
7 January 2019
13 January 2019
Additional Information:

Edition: 200.
Metallic + 4 colour print throughout on satin coated paper.

Photographic image 'Bleeding White' by Steffi Klenz selected by artist Mustafa Hulusi for his billboard intervention project in London.
From the early 2000’s Hulusi has been selecting artists to show visual artworks for one week only in the public outdoor context of a billboard positioned at 2 Hoxton Street in London.
Previous artists include: Mat Collishaw, Ryan Gander, Salvatore Arancio, Simon Popper, Gavin Turk, Sue Webster, Bedwyr Williams and many more.

Schools:
School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography
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Depositing User:
Amy Robinson
Date Deposited:
14 Jan 2019 13:58
Last Modified:
05 Mar 2022 04:30
Klenz, Steffi:
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8884-0519
Art/Design Categories:
Book art/Artist's book
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/4948

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