Please join us on Tuesday 24 March, 6-8pm for the launch of KIT by Fiona Connor published by lo. KIT is the debut publication by lo, a collaboration between Luís M Araújo and Oliver Evans. The artist Fiona Connor will be present for the launch to discuss the publication.
This publication was developed over a year and catalogues the photographs Fiona Connor takes as tools for making sculptures while also considering how she prints and uses these images in her studio. Over five thousand images have been edited and collated into stapled book blocks arranged chronologically. The photographs record architectural details, materials, and specific objects to enable a sculptural language that utilizes processes of mimicry and reproduction. When seen together, they operate like a stream of consciousness recorded through the push of a fingertip on a phone screen.
KIT is a series of forty-nine unique artist books, each comprising a different group of one hundred photographs on sheets of recycled paper, bound by five heavy-duty staples. The images are laser-printed single-sided in black and white to replicate how they inhabit the artist’s studio. The book blocks are housed in custom-made manilla folders, with graphic design by Ben Greehy and screen printed by Fiona Connor. An insert card accompanies this project, providing an index of the different cover pages.