[Berlin], Deutsche Guggenheim, [2011].
One of 350 copies signed. A Guide to Trees is concerned with the efforts made by governing bodies to present an acceptable or preferably impressive impression on visitors during official visits. Using a combination of texts, diagrams, and photographs, Yto Barrada presents an ironic guide for authorities to follow when preparing a city for such a visit. It includes the suggestions to paint walls white and to plant palm trees at regular intervals along main thoroughfares to induce the flicker effect, an agreeable neurological state brought on when driving past a palm tree every three seconds, with a disclaimer that the stroboscopic effect can be dangerous for those with photosensitive epilepsy.
First edition, number 87 of 350 copies signed on the title-page and with a signed print (plus 25 artists copies); 8vo (200 × 160 mm, 7¾ x 6¼ in); colour and black-and-white photographs printed in offset, texts, photocollages, charts, and graphs, edited by Sean Gulette, design by Nadja Zimmerman; blue endpapers, beige cloth-covered boards, upper side stamped in blue and red, spine and lower side in blue, print (408 × 298 mm, 16 x 11¾ in) signed in pencil in lower margin, folded twice as issued and laid in at rear, publisher's beige cloth-covered drop spine box, front stamped in blue, fine; 122, [2]pp.
The Photobook: A History III, p180.
First edition, number 87 of 350 copies signed on the title-page and with a signed print (plus 25 artists copies); 8vo (200 × 160 mm, 7¾ x 6¼ in); colour and black-and-white photographs printed in offset, texts, photocollages, charts, and graphs, edited by Sean Gulette, design by Nadja Zimmerman; blue endpapers, beige cloth-covered boards, upper side stamped in blue and red, spine and lower side in blue, print (408 × 298 mm, 16 x 11¾ in) signed in pencil in lower margin, folded twice as issued and laid in at rear, publisher's beige cloth-covered drop spine box, front stamped in blue, fine; 122, [2]pp.
The Photobook: A History III, p180.
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