the particular way in which a thing exists is a composite definition of form and is the starting and end point of an exhibition and book that examines ten years of artmaking by Martin Beck. Contributors Peio Aguirre, Manuela Ammer, Michèle Thériault and Beck himself address how social and material relations are negotiated from an artistic point of view that engages with categories of display, exhibition, history and popular culture.

the particular way in which a thing exists est une définition composite de la forme, à la fois point de depart et point d’arrivée d’une exposition et d’un livre qui examinent la production artistique de Martin Beck sur une dizaine d’années. Les contributions de Peio Aguirre, de Manuela Ammer, de Michèle Thériault et de Beck lui-même étudient comment les relations sociales et materielles sont considérées selon un point de vue artistique qui implique les categories de monstration, de l’exposition, de l’histoire et de la culture populaire.

Edited by Michèle Thériault
204 pp., sewn perfect binding
colour illustrations, 24 x 18 cm, $40.00
ISBN 978-2-920394-93-3

« Where did the butterflies go? « . This ordinary sentence was the starting point of this work. Pronounced distinctly by my two-year-old son during his restless sleep because of a heavy night fever, these few words triggered on me a long reflection on how we protect our children from the world. This reassuring cocoon, but unfortunately precarious, is inevitably meant to be broken by the hazards of life. Following these events of misfortune, our perception of the world is altered and we are forced to grow up, to get ourselves back together or to look at things through a new perspective.

Chrysalises presents anonymous stories about intimate events that changed people’s worldview. These events, transcribed as anecdotes, coexist with visual interpretations of suspended moments where the mundane seems to have shifted in a slightly different direction.

88 pages + 16 pages
46 color photographs + 13 anonymous stories
8 x 10 inches (24 x30 cm) + 4×6 inches (10 x 15 cm) booklet
Interior: Rolland Opaque Offset True White 200M & Lynx True White 160M
Hardcover with silver foil stamping
Edition of 250 copies
Year 2020  ISBN 978-2-9818648-0-2

Design by Simon Roy