Anonymous Glossy book launch @ TENT, Rotterdam

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Anonymous Glossy book launch TENT 2017

The Anonymous Glossy project is an artwork in the guise of a luxury glossy magazine. It is based on conversations Efrat Zehavi held with strangers in various public spaces in Rotterdam. She modelled their portraits in clay and wrote stories about those encounters, placing anonymous people in the spotlight as if they were celebrities. Subjects like origin, migratory family history, social conditions and feelings like frustration, uncertainty and disappointment played a prominent role in both the conversations and the book. (scroll voor Nederlands)
Anonymous Glossy, an artist’s book, signed edition of 500 copies. 336 pages. Size: 22×28.4 cm, printed full-colour on acid-free Tom & Otto Gloss paper. Graphic design in collaboration with: Art Collart

Book launch: TENT, moderator: Özkan Gölpinar, Introduced in a talk by independent curator Nat Muller. Landa van Vliet recited some of the stories. Anonymous Glossy was made possible thanks to subsidy from CBK Rotterdam & crowdfunding Voordekunst.

Voor het project Anonymous Glossy, een kunstwerk vermomd als luxetijdschrift (boeklancering TENT Rotterdam 2017) sprak Efrat Zehavi onbekenden op verschillende openbare locaties in Rotterdam. Zij boetseerde hun portretten en schreef verhalen over de ontmoetingen. De anonieme mensen kregen een podium alsof ze beroemdheden waren. Onderwerpen als afkomst, (migratie)achtergrond, sociale omstandigheden en gevoelens als frustraties, onzekerheid en teleurstelling speelden een belangrijk rol in de gesprekken en in het boek.