
Hereafter Called: 'Subject'
- Publisher
- Fw:Books
- Year
- 2023
- ISBN
- 978-90-832858-5-6
- Specifications
- Softcover
24 x 32.5 cm
312 pages
Design: Jeremy Jansen with Kai Udema
Hereafter Called: 'Subject' is a visual journey through people and places in Europe. It contains a collection of personal, photographic experiments that explore the complexities of different relationships. In a total of 25 experiments, artist Samuel Otte examines the value of written, spoken and unspoken constructions inherent in every relationship - sometimes close by, sometimes far away. He followed a woman for two years while staying unknown to her (with her permission), let himself be limitlessly and anonymously used by other artists for their work, and lived an unnoticed life in an Italian village steeped in the mafia. The interior is made up entirely of scans of A4 clear plastic folders containing photographs and texts. The book imitates many of the physical characteristics of such a document pouch: the original folders dictate the format, it is light and floppy, and opens nicely.