Phenomena

A bubble is a globule of gas surrounded by fluid while a droplet is a globule of fluid surrounded by gas. They are made visible by their separation, a thin-film membrane that diffracts and reflects light. Prisoners of their own transparency, the bubbles and drops hesitate to disappear, telescope one another, and coagulate in small groups of still life.

A book conceived and edited by artist Hélène Fauquet about her recent work – photographs of bubbles presented in small, ornamented frames, gathered on tables. The publication comprises texts by Cecilia Pavón, Catherine Chevalier, Anette Freudenberger,and Nicolas Ceccaldi (in English, and Spanish or German or French). Title sounds like a nod to giallo; book design leans more towards the precision and elegance of the Frankfurter/Kölnischer art of making books.