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Perspectives, Part 1 by Fabian Zapatka Available December 1, 2014

Distance Over Time is pleased to announce Perspectives Pt.1, the first in a new series of books by the photographer Fabian Zapatka, in a numbered and signed limited edition of 300. Fabian Zapatka is a photographer of the everyday. Through the pictures of this series we are allowed a glimpse into the daily routine of basic research in a laboratory for animal testing, a type of work that is part of the everyday in research labs in Germany and globally. The images present us with perspectives that are deeply ambivalent: A pig is lying in a supine position on an operating table, covered by a warmed blanket to prevent hypothermia, surrounded by medical equipment. There is a strong familiarity to the situation, it is a strikingly human image. The aim of the research that is taking place in this lab and others like it is to find ways to extend the life of patients confronted with imminent death. By means of photography we - as the viewers - can take part in learning processes with a deadly outcome.

Manfred Naescher: Still - Ten Watercolors 

Book Launch - June 29, 2014

From the press release:

Distance Over Time is pleased to announce Still, a new book of watercolors by Manfred Naescher in a handmade limited edition of 50, published in conjunction with Naescher’s solo exhibition Still und Laut at Galerie Hollabolla in Eschen, Liechtenstein, May 18th to July 13th, 2014.

Still contains reproductions of the ten watercolors of the 2014 series of the same name by Manfed Naescher. The flowers and house plants rendered in vibrant primary colors in pots and vases in earth tones are created in the tradition of the allegorical still life. The still lifes are not based on the direct observation of inanimate objects, but instead sourced from action movies like Terminator or Die Hard. The plants are mute witnesses of the violent scenes performed in front of them. Merely decorative elements, often only seen for split seconds, they remain irrelevant to the plot of the movie and fleeting in their visual presence. By isolating these insignificant, inconsequential background elements from their context and positioning them center stage, their fleeting nature is inverted: Action becomes still life. With color as an abstract allegorical means, elements of the action genre like suspense, explosions, blood, chaos and noise become overlaid with and reflected by the still life.

Manfred Naescher (1973, Liechtenstein) lives and works in Berlin. 

Published by Distance over Time, 2014. Edition: 50, each book unique. Format: 20 x 30 cm. Price: EUR 70,00.

Leporello with 10 tipped in full color panels on bamboo paper, hand bound hardcover case binding, hand marbled end pages, text insert, numbered and signed by the artist.

Available at Galerie Hollabolla in Eschen (Liechtenstein), www.galerie.hollabolla.li, or through www.distovertime.com