The north of Spain is notably picturesque. In celebration of this fact, the landscape is liberally overseen by miradors - viewpoints - mechanisms to deliver those with a camera to a picture.
Look is a series of 35 images of these mechanisms. Alongside these images is the story of Laura and Javi, a couple whose relationship spans the transition to democracy from Franco's fascist regime. The words and pictures in Look are a tangential meditation on the "Pact of Forgetting" that facilitated, and some say still haunts, that transition.
Look is also a film of tableaux of the miradors with a voice over of the story by the luminous Mignon Remé.
This first edition of the book of Look is limited to 100 stamped, numbered, and initialled copies.
Each copy comes with a download link for the film of Look, two 350gsm A6 postcards, and a matching Bitumen "b" button badge.
A video preview of the book, including an interview with the artist and an extract of the film, can be found below.
The last image in the slide show above shows eight postcards of images from the Bitumen books Aa-Zz, Aritz Sorts It Out, Carrio and Look that are not included with the sale of those books, but are available separately.
Look (2017)
Book:
210 x 148 mm
350gsm GF Smith Colorplan soft cover
82pp, uncoated 140gsm
35 full colour images
Digitally printed in the UK on HP Indigo presses
ISBN 978-1-9997045-2-0
Film:
16:05 High Definition video
£25 + postage
Bitumen Pictures Postcards (2017)
148 x 105mm
350gsm uncoated card
8 full colour images
Digitally printed in the UK on HP Indigo presses
£7 + postage
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