Karoline von Günderode’s sonnet “Der Kuß im Traume” [The Kiss in the Dream] is placed in relation to photographs taken of a television screen, showing kissing scenes from Hollywood movies. The photographs are printed in various shades of red, violet, orange and hot pink. Binding the full-page printed sheets into layers creates double-page spreads with two different image motifs. In other words, new pairings and color combinations are created. The established sonnet form is broken up typographically; the text dissolves into word and sentence fragments and is distributed across every page of the book.

24 photographs printed with polymer plates, hand-set (Palatino), letterpress printed, Zerkall mould-made paper, flexible cloth-covered boards, housed in paper-covered slipcase, 44 pages, 19.2 × 29.2 cm, 50 numbered and signed copies, Oberursel 1993

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