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Background information
The photo volume 'Modern Alchemy' by Dutch photographer Viviane SASSEN in a dialogue with philosopher Emanuele Coccia 'is the attempt to build a world in which every thing is the mind and the hand of something other. A world where everything breathes and yearns in unison.” The book is the brainchild of the photographer and the philosopher weaved together images and words, engaging in a fruitful dialogue deeply rooted in the Champagne terroir and the inspiring relationship Maison Perrier-Jouët entertains with art and nature.
Content
The photo volume 'Modern Alchemy' includes a series of eighty color photographs and an essay which intersect and collide, creating a space where the creativity of matter throughout all living things can be marveled at anew. Pictures mix and match with ideas, the history of planet Earth encounters that of artistic creation, and matter joins hands with the mind—producing an infinitely manifold work of art and establishing a modern alchemy where both vision and thought can be upended and renewed." (© jbe, 2022)