Everything starts with an encounter—an encounter with objects.
Along daily trajectories, by simple chance, these objects attract the artist's attention.
Along daily trajectories, by simple chance, these objects attract the artist's attention.
They form a geographic map, an atlas, a collection, an encyclopedia.
Through the act of picking them up, Valeriya offers them a new status of existence.
Through the act of picking them up, Valeriya offers them a new status of existence.
These magical objects, full of uncertain destiny, as if locked in limbo,
are waiting for their next journeys.
are waiting for their next journeys.
The book format references an encyclopedia, filled with various figures printed on semi-transparent paper. Visually, it appears as if these enlarged objects are floating in the air, meeting their own forms as you turn the pages.After each figure, there is a white page—this space is dedicated
to a poem, called "A Love Letter," that runs throughout the book.
The cover was created in collaboration with French typography artist Kevin Berny,
who designed it in a very refined manner. With just one brushstroke per character,
he transforms the Cyrillic alphabet into a Japanese-inspired movement.
who designed it in a very refined manner. With just one brushstroke per character,
he transforms the Cyrillic alphabet into a Japanese-inspired movement.
The book was showed in a collective exhibition Le sol est en lave (The floor is lava)
on 19th of June 2021 in FRAC Franche-Comté, Beçanson, France.