Artist Julie Wolfe and PAN collaborated with photographers, writers, and artists across mediums and geographic locations to reimagine the French 18th-century Rococo movement within the context of our time—excess, carelessness, political unrest, and widening wealth inequity.
This large-format book unfolds as a cabinet of curiosities, with lift-outs, foldouts, and full-page spreads that create layers of meanings independently and many more as they collide with one another. Concealment and reveal become part of the experience, not just inviting discovery but commenting on what is hidden and risks repeating.
The opulence of the Rococo movement comes alive in the Genath typeface and accents of Favini gold inserts. The material choices of this unbound book printed on Munken Pure Rough create an artifact as much as an experience—an object to be touched, read, and contemplated.
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50 Books | 50 Covers, 2024
Format: Soft cover, gold embossing, 5 unique designs
Binding: Loosely bound
Number of pages: 128
Measurements: 330 x 430 mm
Paper: Munken Pure Rough, Favini Magestic Gold
Publication date: 2024
Edition: 600
Publisher: Apophenia Press, PAN Editions
Printer: KOPA, Lithuania
