Tout va bien by Vera Muratet

Tout va bien by Vera Muratet, bordering between art and photography, is not a book for children but by a 10-year-old girl.

Arles Books Award 2024
The Author Book Award, Shortlist 

Tout va bien by Vera Muratet, bordering between art and photography, is not a book for children but by a 10-year-old girl. Inspired by 19th century science books, it is a talking bestiary populated only by very young animals, in accordance with the secret affinity between portrait and self-portrait. In the book, photographs by her father Myr Muratet provide a backstory to Vera's drawings. 

We met Vera Muratet on a boat docked on the Seine in Paris. Sitting on the wooden deck among photocopies scattered on the ground, she was drawing the kingfisher featured on page 15. The photo on page 7 captures that moment. For some time now we had been thinking about an anomalous picture book, bordering between art and photography and yet inclusive of the spirit of childhood. Thanks to Vera’s passion for drawing, we had the opportunity to approach a creativity liberated from the idea of design, and thus genuine in intention; we imagined an edition so as to try and reconnect with the original emotions that drive us to create images.

Specs:

French, English
Texts by:
François Chiron, Vera Muratet, Luca Reffo and Francesca Todde 
English translation: Marina Calvaresi

11x15,5cm
Hard cover
Offset CMYK + Offsetlack Semi-Matt

114 pages
Paper:
Arena Natural Smooth 140 g/m²
Fedrigoni Woodstock Giallo 110 g/m²
Wibalin Finelinen Buttermilk

Printed in Italy by Longo spa
First edition of 1000 copies

ISBN 978 88 944622 9 6

First Edition July 2023
Second Edition October 2024