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Noon

Noon

Laura Sperl

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Yellow turns into Blue, Blue turns into Orchid, Orchid into Violet, Violet to Ultra Violet, Ultra Violet into Amaranth Purple, Rusty Red into Pale Purple, Salmon Pink into African Violet, African Violet to Pale Purple, Pale Purple into Cosmic Latte, Sky Magenta into Wisteria, Lavender to Uranian blue,.. 

NOON is a visual and haptic experience of the passage of time and an invitation to be part of continuous change. The book consists of seven series of a mixture of photograms and chemigrams which resulted from experimentation with sea water and sand on photographic paper, exposed to sunlight. The analogue images were not fixated and and were left to change naturally over a period of two weeks.

The evolution of the images over time is captured through digital photography and results in a cinematic experience across 88 pages in the book. Viewers are not only invited to contemplate on the images, but to actually observe that they themselves are actively involved in the processes of change by leaving traces of their hands on the thermo sensitive cover. In her work, Laura Sperl keeps exploring processes of change, uncontrollable influences and human action in this field of uncertainty and the unknown.

Author: Laura Sperl
Editing and Sequencing: Laura Sperl and Tiago Casanova
Graphic Design: Laura Sperl
Printing: Guide Artes Gráficas
Binding: Estúdio Bulhufas
Cover Silkscreen: Sud Sud
Acknowledgement: XYZ Books, Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues and Günther Oberhollenzer

2023
Self-published in collaboration with XYZ Books
25 x 22,5 cm
Digital Offset Printing
Hand-bound with japanese stitching
Silkscreen Cover with Thermochromic Pigment
First edition
100 copies

This book was developed within the framework of the XYZ Books Residency Program in October 2022

Institutional Partners:
Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport
Otto Mauer Fonds
Federal State of Upper Austria
Bildrecht
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About — We'e XYZ Books, a Lisbon based independent publishing house. We focus on publishing high-quality photography books, often featuring the works of contemporary photographers. XYZ Books was founded in 2013. The founders, Tiago Casanova and Pedro Guimarães, are themselves photographers and have used their expertise and passion to create a publishing house that is dedicated to showcasing the best of contemporary photography.

In addition to publishing books, we also organize exhibitions and other events related to photography. The publishing house has gained a reputation for producing visually stunning books that are carefully designed and produced to the highest standards.

We're much more than just a book publisher. Inside its premises, XYZ Books hosts five interdisciplinary and nonprofit projects, including a bookshop with a focus on photography, a publishing house, and a printing lab. The publishing house participates actively in international photobook fairs, photography festivals, and organizes workshops, exhibitions, and presentations.

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