{"product_id":"kosmos","title":"Kosmos","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align:\" center\u003e144 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align:\" center\u003e73 images\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align:\" center\u003eSix variably-sized softcover books housed in a printed and folded portfolio box\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e28.5 x 37 cm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align:\" center\u003eEnglish\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst Edition December 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align:\" center\u003e*\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align:\" center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align:\" center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:\" center\u003eWith a box of props, a team of willing humans, some clippings from the garden, and his camera, German photographer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJan von Holleben\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes inspiration from Italo Calvino’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand creates six imaginary worlds – planets, if you will, each as unique and peculiar as the planets circling our sun. In Holleben’s worlds, ghosts flash through the cityscape. Plants cast shadows on the sky. Many places gather in the same place at once. Monsters imitate flowers and flowers imitate monsters. At the center of this otherworldly drama is not the sun, but photography itself. Therein lie the answers to the visual riddles of Holleben’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKosmos\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:\" center\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:\" center\u003eThe set consists of six books of varying sizes that are housed together in a portfolio box. Each cover carries a single letter of the title, printed in a specially mixed graphite ink. The neutral covers open into the often shockingly vibrant vistas of Planeta Symmatrius, Planeta Visumbra, Planeta Isolametro, Planeta Florala, Planeta Phantafulgeo, and Planeta Microidi.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:\" center\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:\" center\u003eThe edition was designed, printed, hand-folded, and hand-stitched by Nina Holland at Little Steidl.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jan von Holleben","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52674413461797,"sku":null,"price":94.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1008\/9506\/4357\/files\/kosmoscover.jpg?v=1782893450","url":"https:\/\/pearlbree.com\/products\/kosmos","provider":"PEARLBREEZE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}