Mise en Abyme by Yelena Yemchuk

A phantom reflection of the gaze into the abyss of imagination. The process behind the book suggests endless and different versions that could ideally repeat themselves infinitely.

Born from the collaboration between Yelena Yemchuk and Départ Pour l’Image co-founders, Luca Reffo and Francesca Todde, Mise en Abyme is a spin-off of previous book УYY, Україна Yelena Yemchuk, published in July 2022. If УYY appeared as a daydream in a backward journey from the present to youth, Mise en Abyme continues in the form of a phantom reflection of the gaze into the abyss of imagination. The original narrative – the sequence as of stream of consciousness – is rewritten through the montage of residual images of typographical proofs, enlargements, paintings, and photographs. The process behind the book suggests endless and different versions that could ideally repeat themselves infinitely. Each copy of the book contains a unique and different folded original print, which is 1/8th of a typographic sheet saved from being pulped.

Specs:

235x320 mm | 64 pages
English
Linnen hard cover
Rounded spine
Offset CMYK

Munken Print White 115 g/m²
Cover on Peyer Duchesse Birkenweiss

Printed in Italy by Longo spa
First edition 1000 copies
November 2024
ISBN 978-88-947598-2-2