Description
Edition 777 is a work at the intersection of book, print and object. Each box of Edition 777 contains - a collector's print, a unique piece of the photo on glass, and a story relating to the visual content.
The work has an unusual design, and the price is also surprising - unprecedentedly affordable, thanks to the model developed.
You can read more about the idea of Edition777 on my new website: https://www.piotrzbierski.com/777regular Or in the appendices.
Edition 777 is not just about collector's photos. Besides the passepartout framed and signed print, there is something else. A unique piece made from a broken sheet of glass on which I printed the photos.
Everyone receives a different unique piece. It is awarded by a draw, it is held on the site after the purchase.
It's a very quick slideshow of available snippets that you stop yourself by drawing your snippet.
For each photo, I wrote a two-page story/personal note/poem - which relates to the moment when the photo was taken.
The entire set is packaged in a decorative box with embossing.
You can choose your set from 33 images for this edition. All are only available in Edition 777 and will never be sold in other editions or formats.
The number of photographs in the Edition 777 collection depends on how the glass sheet is broken. For each photograph I use 10 sheets of glass 50x50cm , the maximum number of items does not exceed 777.
From the broken panels, I selected the pieces that were most interesting because of the shape or part of the image, creating unique sets.
The Edition 777 campaign announces the release of two new books that I am just finishing designing. It will only be available for a short period of time.
About the books soon... I'll just say that they will be two very personal photographic diaries/memoirs.
The texts included in the Edition 777 stories will also be handwritten in the books.
Edition 777
Ahead of you is the 777 edition - an ephemeral art action created to celebrate the publication of two new books by Piotr Zbierski: Solid Bars Of All That's Left Untold i Echoes Arc.
Idea.
You choose an image you like and get a collector-quality print. In the box you also find a unique piece of the image printed on glass.
It's a lottery.
You choose the photo whose print you will receive and then a unique piece of the image is drawn by a random drawing module. You can't choose. You can surprise and delight yourself by opening the box.
It is unique.
The glass fragment you will get is one of the elements of a broken glass plate with an exposed print that you have previously selected. I created the unique elements in the likeness of Voronoia patterns, the way matter in nature divides into irregular shapes.
That's not all.
It is complemented by a short story I wrote for each photo. The words symbolically convey the images or circumstances under which the photos were taken. They are a diary of the period, an excerpt of which I add to your box.
The whole thing.
Print + image piece + story. It all comes in your unique box:
- A 20x20cm or 21x14cm collector-quality print on Hahnemühle Agave 290 gsm paper, framed with 25x25cm passe partout;
- Unique glass fragment with a fragment of a painting framed in passe partout 25x25cm;
- Story printed on 2 pages.
777 - why?
The edition value for each photo was divided by 777, resulting in a price of €30 for a box of unique copies. There are 33 different photos to choose from in the campaign. None of them have ever been sold to a private collector in other editions. They will not be available in other formats after the campaign ends.
There is more.
Portfolio Edition is offered in wooden boxes in a limited number of 111 copies. In each of them you will find all the prints, stories and glasses arranged in five compositions.
Uq 1/1 is offered as a unique 70x70cm framed work. These are works created from pieces of glass glued to the board, which are reproductions of the painting.
Time
Edition 777 - is available from October 23 only for the first few months after the release of the new books. They are scheduled for release in early spring 2024.