
What We Leave Behind
- Publisher
- Libraryman
- Year
- 2021
- ISBN
- 978-91-88113-45-0
- Specifications
- From Jean-Luc Godard’s Archive
20 × 26 cm
216 pages
177 color plates
Offset printed softcover with typography on front cover and spine in black foil
Linen thread bound
The book contains a foreword by musician, author and poet Patti Smith, a conversation with filmmaker Abel Ferrara and an essay written by film critic, historian and editor Antoine de Baecque
First edition of 1,000 copies
Japanese edition also published
Subsequent to a commissioned sound composition for Deutschlandradio, multidisciplinary artist Stéphan Crasneanscki further examines his significant opus What We Leave Behind, on French film director Jean-Luc Godard’s archive, into book form. The book is divided into four comprehensive sections: boxes, collages, still lifes and notes. When invited to explore the archive of the seminal film director, Crasneanscki photographed Godard’s personal collection of shot film, reel-to-reels and historical ephemera. The notes and references in the book attest to the passing of time, yet being saved from oblivion; as a fragmented creative map of a master film director’s artistic thought process.