Aeviternity: the book
Edited by: Rainer Fuchs, mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 2019 Foreword by: Rainer Fuchs, Karola Kraus Texts by: Daniel Muzyzcuk, Jenny Nachtigall Reprints of texts by: Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert, Johann Peter Hebel, Achim von Arnim, Friedrich Hebbel, E.T.A. Hoffmann Image descriptions: Christian Kosmas Mayer Design: Astrid Seme Studio Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Volume: 156 pages Images: 23 duotone and 60 color ill. Softcover with dust jacket Language: english, german ISBN: 978-3-902947-65-9 Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Köln 2019
Based on the exhibition Aeviternity at mumok, Vienna, the artist book explores the theme of conservation both as a natural and as an artificial process of archiving. The collected images were consequently separated from their captions and arranged as a vertical stream within the book’s narrative. To enhance the archival sources special focus is put on the reproduction: images are printed in full color but with an erratic metallic silver feature.