The book “Poissons Forgerons – Schmiedefische” [Forge Fish – Fish of the Forge] contains fish photographs, which are taken in the aquarium at the Frankfurt Zoo. They are placed in relation to a text by Michel Butor, “Almageste, jungle/Almagest, Tarnfarbe,” in the original French as well as in a German translation. The entire text is printed on green paper in 16-point Akzidenz-Grotesk, and precedes the photographs. One sentence is emphasized and stretches across all the pages of the book:

“They know that they are constantly being watched from the room, and in their silky caves they dream of making the leap that, in just a few centuries, will allow them to snatch up these intruders and stir them into their soup.”

This sentence is letterpress printed in 60-point Akzidenz-Grotesk in various shades of green and blue on the backs of the photographs, which are offset printed on translucent paper. The book, which is covered with iridescent metallic coated paper, also includes a slipcase made of semi-transparent white acrylic.

15 color photographs offset printed, hand-set (Akzidenz-Grotesk), letterpress printed, translucent and opaque paper, embossed paper-covered boards housed in slipcase made of semi-transparent white acrylic (30.7 × 31.3 × 1.6 cm), 72 pages, 30.2 × 30.3 cm, 35 numbered and signed copies, Flörsheim 2018

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