ROSA SMALEN Berlin

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ROSA SMALEN Berlin

ROSA SMALEN Berlin is a photographic statement. A chronological record of an obsessive four-day walk through one of the twentieth century’s most battered cities.

Rosa Smalen crisscrossed Berlin with her eyes and camera pointed down, unflinchingly recording the worn-out and often patchwork sidewalks that carried her along. The pavements of Berlin silently bear witness to great turmoil, and so does Smalen, who managed to recover from a coma after an accident that nearly took her life. Facing the site of a trauma exceeding her own, Smalen set out to keep it simple and focus on the literal ground beneath her feet, an act to which this book forms a determined and resilient testimonial. (Taco Hidde Bakker)

Published by Art Paper Editions

APE (Art Paper Editions) is an independent publishing platform. It was founded in 2010 by Jurgen Maelfeyt of Ghent-based design studio 6’56”. APE focusses on the book as an exhibition space and makes publications in close collaboration with artists, writers, institutions, galleries, and other cultural protagonists. They craft their publications to the highest standard. Many APE publications have been acquired by institutional libraries such as Moma, Centre Pompidou and Macba amongst others.

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