Intimacy of Paradise by Tomoko Kawai
A customised version of Modern Gothic by AllCaps is used for a photo book, designed by Berlin-based designer Florian Lamm of Lamm & Kirch. Words from VfmK:
Tomoko Kawai is a Japanese artist based in Berlin. In the series of photographs, “Intimacy of Paradise”, she unleashes the modern illusion of animality, and as she captures zoos and environments in which animals and plants are staged, she brings us to thresholds in this illusion. The more the imitative efforts are perfected, the further they withdraw from the reality of the manifold animal spheres. These photographs are a disconnection from animals and nature that arises from a human-centered approach and a collision that gives rise to a split within humanity. In the contradictory human ambivalence, Kawai is searching for a way to reconnect with the natural world.
Awarded the German Photo Book Prize 20|21 in silver.
