How Many People

This book is an attempt by Peter Puklus to think about the democracy of time through the thickness of a bound volume. In order to be able to test the idea a contemporary translation of Marina Ivanova Tsetayeva’s Untitled (How many people fell in this abyss…) (Мари́на Ива́новна Цвета́ева: Уж сколько их упало в эту бездну…) was used. This experiment is part of Puklus’ larger photography-based project, entitled ‘The Epic Love Story of a Warrior‘. 

Peter Puklus is an artist living and working in Budapest, Hungary. He studied photography at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest (MOME) and new media design at the École National Supérieur de Création Industrielle (ENSCI) in Paris. He is about to finish his DLA (Doctor of Liberal Arts) studies in photography at MOME. Beside the photographic gaze which can always be found in the center of Puklus’ works, he recently started to explore undiscovered territories beyond the wooden frame. His recent projects involve sculptures, objects, installations, drawings and videos. In 2012 he published two photo-books: ‘One and a half meter‘ with Kehrer Verlag and ‘Handbook to the Stars‘ with Stokovec. At the moment he is working on his third book ‘The Epic Love Story of a Warrior‘ to be published in 2016. Puklus is represented by Robert Morat Gallery in Berlin, Germany, by Conrads Gallery in Düsseldorf and by Trapéz Gallery in Budapest.

Concept and design: Peter Puklus
Translation: Ilya Shambat
Printing and binding: Kucsák Könyvkötészet és Nyomda, Vác, Hungary
Copy: 1/1

© Peter Puklus, 2015
© Ilya Shambat, 2005

Created in 2015, Budapest, Hungary

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