Hotel – four illuminated short stories, 236 pages, 104 prints. Screenprinted covers in soft paperback and clothed hardback versions.
Awarded with the GYF (Grafiska yrkenas främjande) 2017 prize for best graduation work.
“A picture is worth more than a thousand words,” one hears occasionally. And it makes sense. But one could also argue that a thousand words are worth more than a picture. It depends on the story.
As a bachelor degree project at Konstfack – university of arts, crafts and design, i wrote four short stories, each dealing with different aspects of seeing. I made pictures for these texts with different intaglio printing techniques, that i felt matched the tone and atmosphere of the stories.
Words and pictures are two expressions, both with their inherent capabilities and limitations. I believe that a certain space can exist between the two, when they are shown together. A space created by the reader and interpreters willingness to link the written word to the image, and vice versa.
Excerpts from the book:
