Dimitra Dede
‘Metaphors’
by Dimitra Dede, published by Void.
Like Sylvia Plath’s homonym poem, 'Metaphors' is a compelling, direct and symbolic book.
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Metaphors
‘Metaphors’ is Dimitra Dede’s third publication — the second published by Void.
Dede dives more deeply into the motherhood subject. Bringing to this delicate handmade book a true poetic narrative. Dimitra's experimental black-and-white photographs dialogue with excerpts from Sylvia Plath’s 'Metaphors'. As the poem, the book is tight in its edit, with no room for excess.
“‘Metaphors’ questions —with the visual force that we know from the artist working between Athens and London— the mystery of the forces presiding over the appearance of life. ”
Fabien Ribery
Every editorial detail was chosen to highlight the delicacy of Dimitra’s work. The Risograph printing and the tactile uncoated paper. The French folds. The cloth binding. All elements elevate the object to the height of Dede's photographs: human and touching.
This limited edition —which comes in 5 different cover title versions— was handbound in Void studio in Athens, in the fall of 2022.
Dimitra Dede
Dimitra Dede (born in Greece) is a London-based visual artist working mainly with photography. She studied photography and holds a postgraduate diploma in New Media.
Her practice combines painting and the use of chemicals with photography. The making of the imagery is based on an intuitive process. Her subject matter quests the connection between space and time, memory and displacement, loss and longing, and life and the Absurd. Her work has been presented in galleries and festivals both in Europe and in America (Center for Fine Art Photography - Fort Collins, Black Box Gallery-Portland, Brighton Photo Biennial, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Unseen Festival Amsterdam etc.).
19,4 x 25,7 cm
50 pages + 12-page booklet
Limited edition of 100 numbered copies
Printed in Riso
Softcover with Japanese folds
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Photograph: Dimitra Dede
Text: After Sylvia Plath's excerpts
Illustration: Jan van Rymsdyk
Design: João Linneu
Edit: Myrto Steirou
Printing: Dolce Press
Binding: Void
Language: English
Font: Chloé Regular by Kiss Miklos
Dimitra Dede © for the photographs
Void © for this edition