VENUS WALKING IS THE COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN DESIGNER OCTOPUSSAY AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST REMY SPANOS. A POETIC OFFERING AND VISUAL CONCLUSION TO THE LIFESPAN OF OCTOPUSSAY’S INAUGURAL COLLECTION.
IN A DAY AND AGE WHERE FASHION AND ARTISTIC IMAGERY HAS TURNED INTO ‘CONTENT’, AND THE DIFFUSION OF A LARGE BODY OF WORK IS REDUCED TO AN ALGORITHM, THIS BOOK TOUCHES ON A SIMPLE URGE TO CREATE A SPECIAL COLLECTABLE. A CONCRETE ART OBJECT WITH A POIGNANT STANCE.
INTERTWINING SPANOS’ SOFT, TENDER BLUR OF EMOTION AND SENSUAL SENTIMENTALITY WITH OCTOPUSSAY’S ITCH FOR THEATRICALITY AMONGST THE MUNDANE - THIS BODY OF WORK IS A MEETING POINT BETWEEN SPANOS’ STRICTLY ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE AND THE TANGIBILITY OF CLOTHING.
A CULMINATION OF 2 YEARS OF WORK, BOUND IN A RICH BURGUNDY CLOTH AND PRINTED LOCALLY ON RECYCLED SILK PAPER. LIMITED TO 75 COPIES.
IN A DAY AND AGE WHERE FASHION AND ARTISTIC IMAGERY HAS TURNED INTO ‘CONTENT’, AND THE DIFFUSION OF A LARGE BODY OF WORK IS REDUCED TO AN ALGORITHM, THIS BOOK TOUCHES ON A SIMPLE URGE TO CREATE A SPECIAL COLLECTABLE. A CONCRETE ART OBJECT WITH A POIGNANT STANCE.
INTERTWINING SPANOS’ SOFT, TENDER BLUR OF EMOTION AND SENSUAL SENTIMENTALITY WITH OCTOPUSSAY’S ITCH FOR THEATRICALITY AMONGST THE MUNDANE - THIS BODY OF WORK IS A MEETING POINT BETWEEN SPANOS’ STRICTLY ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE AND THE TANGIBILITY OF CLOTHING.
A CULMINATION OF 2 YEARS OF WORK, BOUND IN A RICH BURGUNDY CLOTH AND PRINTED LOCALLY ON RECYCLED SILK PAPER. LIMITED TO 75 COPIES.
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