THE EMPTY SPACES
PERSONAL ABSOLUTE SPACE POINT
A highly contagious virus swept through the city, casting its shadow over the entire world, rendering once-thriving metropolises desolate and eerily silent. Skyscrapers, once beacons of bustling activity, stood shrouded in darkness, their power-saving lights a sombre reminder of a changed reality. People retreated into a virtual realm; their physical interactions relegated to mere memories.
This book captures the surreal essence of lockdown, delving into solitude and introspection within London's hushed vastness. Through evocative imagery spanning desolate urbanity, silent deserted streets, and cloistered life, it unveils humanity’s profound connection to man-made spaces. Each scene invites an exploration between self and empty spaces, a convergence of time and place as a personal "absolute space point" where existence feels both suspended and deeply resonant.
An ‘absolute space point’ emerges from the field of physics and relates to the idea of an unchanging, fixed reference point in space, the existence of an ultimate and unvarying spatial framework that serves as a backdrop for all events and objects.
In the book, concept of personal "absolute space points" offers a beacon of guidance. These pivotal moments serve as temporal coordinates, navigating us through our individual timelines. Memory becomes our vessel, enabling us to revisit and relearn the lessons that may have faded with time’s passage.
The photographs chronicle a transition from reality to a realm that’s both timeless and enigmatic—a space cold yet full of latent emotion, a space where the soul’s solitude intersects with isolated surroundings. The empty expanses in pristine white echo a paradoxical amalgamation of restlessness and serenity. In stark contrast, the abstract strokes of paint, akin to lines, guide architecture seamlessly across the dimensions of time and space.
TITLE WORK: The Empty Spaces Personal Absolute Space Point
PAGES: 288
DIMENSIONS: 31 X 21.2 X 2.2 cm
PAPER: Recycled Natural 120gsm
PROCESS: HP Indigo
COLOUR: Black & white
EDITORIAL DESIGN: paula roush
PUBLISHER: msdm publications
PUBLICATION DATE: 2024
Edition: 1st print run of 40
ISBN: 978-1-7396192-3-7
Thank you to the people who made The Empty Spaces possible: paula roush, Alma Gaina, Daniel Alexander, Gertruda Semasko,
Roemello McNish Semper, Kajus Kerusauskas, Luke Reynolds, and Gaganpreet Singh Kohli.
FLOATING FALLACY
A book alerting to the nefarious way sea species are threatened by the pollution of the oceans.
A French-doors structure double pamphlet depicts the confrontation of sea creatures with plastic bags, interspersed with a narrative pamphlet placing the humans in the place of the fish.
TITLE WORK: Floating Fallacy
AUTHOR: Swapnil Patil
MEDIUM: photobook
PAGES: 64
DIMENSIONS: 29,7 cm x 21 cm
PAPER: Recycled Natural 120gsm
BINDING: French-doors
PROCESS: HP Indigo
COLOUR: Black & white
EDITORIAL DESIGN: paula roush
PUBLISHER: msdm publications
PUBLICATION DATE: 2022
Edition: 1st print run of 40 ISBN: 978-1-7396192-3-7
Floating Fallacy is represented by:
Msdm Studio, London.
Photographer's Gallery TPG Bookshop, London.
Part of South London Gallery Bookshop, London.
Part of WATER IN THE LIBRARY at Msdm Studio, London.
Part of London South Bank University, Library, London.
Floating Fallacy with msdm publications at Mini-Mercado de Autor, Palacio Pancas Palha in Lisbon, Portugal.
Floating fallacy at Palacio Pancas Palha, Mini-market of Editions/ Mini-mercado de Autor, at Palacio Pancas Palha in Lisbon, Portugal.
Floating Fallacy is now available in Helsinki, Finland at the Photographic Gallery Hippolyte.
Floating Fallacy is now available in Lisbon, Portugal at the Biblioteca De Arte Gulbenkian.
