Beschreibung:
Eden' is one iteration of Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques long-term project, Eden - initiated as part of Immersion: A French American Photography Commission. From the outset, Couzinet-Jacques's proposal included the purchase of a small, historical schoolhouse in Eden, North Carolina, as a site for exploring ideas of property, ownership, and image-making. The primary component of this book is the reproduction of the almost one thousand scans that the artist made of the facade of that house. In other words, the book contains the photographic shell of the building. Woven throughout the book are elements from the four stages of the project's development over the course of one year - the prospecting and research of a house in Eden; the buying of the Little Red Schoolhouse; the repairs made to the house; and, finally, the exploration and experimentation in and around the house. These materials incorporate historical and legal documentation of the past year. 0Exhibition: Aperture Gallery, New York, USA (16.11.2016-19.01.2017)