Hbitat_00 (Ed. Albertina Press)
Hbitat is a project by Sonia Gavazza carried out in collaboration with the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin.
It consists of a series of art books designed and printed by students of the Graphic Art course under the supervision of Sonia Gavazza. The artistic printing process at the Academy is complemented by the design and printing of the texts in movable type, as well as the binding and layout, in Archivio Tipografico.
Four books were produced in the pilot edition. The same people who designed and printed the works oversaw the typesetting and printing phases through multiple sessions of collective training and shared work in the Archivio Tipografico workshop.
Peso
Peso [weight] is a project by Maria Palese and Fabio Faviere
Through the sign and the subtraction of matter, essential characteristics of engraving, the profound meaning that weight carries with it is explored through the juxtaposition between heaviness and lightness, a relationship that Kundera defined as “the most mysterious and ambiguous of all oppositions.” The constant interplay of elevations and descents occurs similarly in the stylistic juxtaposition of the authors’ engravings: each image arises from the encounter-clash with the others, in ever-new juxtapositions that the reader can determine thanks to the unique binding.
UN
UN is a project by Angelica Vitella and Meiheng Chen
The book offers a reflection on the concepts of indeterminacy and relativity. In a space where white takes center stage. Too often, human beings are driven by the desire to determine things, to seek control over them, in order to counter feelings of uncertainty, indefiniteness, and loneliness. In UN, the authors let themselves be guided by the desire not to desire control: essential lines and shapes dance in a white space that becomes music, expression, and freedom.
Corredo di sopravvivenza per il figlio unico
Corredo di sopravvivenza per il figlio unico, designed and created by Sara Miotto, Luna Rosato, and Francesca Bocchetto
The book stems from the desire to highlight the complexity of childhood, particularly the dramatic, melancholic, and solitary aspects of being an only child—a child without brothers or sisters to play and share experiences with, who may need a “kit” of devices to navigate life. The result is a completely blue box, symbolizing melancholy, containing a micro-macro world to explore slowly, where one can lose oneself in moments of rediscovered solitude.
Abisso
Abisso è un progetto di Chiara Milione e Camilla Pavone
Immagini dalle molteplici consistenze che si stratificano su carte di differenti opacità dialogano con le poesie per raccontare le cicatrici di un abisso climatico che è al contempo emotivo e psicologico e si cela nel profondo dell’essere umano. In una doppia direzione, il libro vuole scavare nelle profondità più temute e poi invitare a riemergere verso immagini più luminose e speranzose.
