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      Gad Hollander and Andrew Bick

      The Palaver

      60 pages | Two colour | 140 x 160 mm, Soft cover | 1998 | Edition of 1,000 copies
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The Palaver is a pocket-sized book of images and texts by writer and film-maker Gad Hollander and artist Andrew Bick which functions as a story board for an imaginary film.

It consists of photographs that have an elusive but familiar quality, sourced in various European locations with corresponding text. Each image presents a sense of deja-vu typical of the emotions felt whilst traveling. This feeling is compounded by the addition of blue line drawings super-imposed on each image that operate as a form of ‘punctuation’ and accentuate potential meanings within the work. The absence of punctuation in the text, coupled with the repetition of phrases that, in turn, echo the repetition of images in different ‘edits’ create a stream of consciousness that is pulled in and out of focus.


本書は、映画監督で作家のGad Hollanderとアーティスト・Andrew Bickによる、空想上の映画に関する本として作られた。ヨーロッパの様々な地域で撮られた、とらえどころのないけれども見覚えのあるような写真に、テキストが添えられている。それぞれの写真は、旅をしている間に感じるデジャヴュの感覚を表現する。この感覚は、それぞれのイメージに強制的に入ってくる句読点としての役割を担っているが、作品内の含蓄する意味を引き立たせる青いラインによってさらに助長される。
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