Memory Traces is a recent publication, in which Markerink relates to notions about landscape, culture, history and memory. Memory Traces is an unconventional photo-book, composed to be an experience, in which a selection of landscape photographs are combined with a multi-layered range of texts including exerpts from traveloques, 'written photographs' and a short story situated in the art-world which, among other things, deals with 'The Artification of Photography' and 'The End of Silver-based Photography'. The publication consists of the book Memory Traces and two smaller books; Höffding Step and Dark Star. Presented in a special box. The large format photographs were made in Sarajevo; Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Berlin, Bitterfeld-Wolfen and Ronneburg; Bikini Islands and Nam Island; Chernobyl; Khe San and My Lai. Photography & text Cary Markerink, Amsterdam. Designed by Irma Boom Office, Amsterdam Published by Ideas on Paper, Amsterdam, 2009. Printed by 1455 Fine Art Printers, Hasselt. Photography & text Cary Markerink, Amsterdam. Designed by Irma Boom Office, Amsterdam. Published by Ideas on Paper, Amsterdam, 2009.
Looking at the form of an art book. something that could collate photography and writing in an abstract form - not like a storybook . This form is the anti-form of what i started with, in terms of the 'viewer'. im not sure what i think of that yet, but it is disconcerting.
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