Silence
José Pedro Cortes
Pierre von Kleist Editions
Hardcover
114 pages
195 x 260 mm
2005
ISBN 9729982503
‘Silence’ explores contemporary urban emotions like loneliness and anonymity. The book evolves in a constant dialogue between private and public situations.
About the Artist
José Pedro Cortes’s (b.1976, Lisbon, Portugal) work in this book deals with the struggle of accessing human presence in the contemporary city – a silent and layered presence hidden behind the surface of things or people; that always seems distant to the viewer. These ideas of blockade and intimacy are played together in a book structure that borrows ideas from film or literature.
About the Publisher
Pierre von Kleist editions is an artist run publishing house. Pierre von Kleist editions is run by André Príncipe and José Pedro Cortes. They are based in Lisbon, Portugal.
