Altered Views. Miradas Alteradas by Voluspa Jarpa
Altered views captures Voluspa Jarpa’s extensive artistic work exhibited at the Chilean Pavilion of the 58th Venice Biennale. Edited by the artist and curator Agustín Pérez Rubio. Published by Ediciones Puro Chile:
The publication portrays the investigation of the Chilean artist Voluspa Jarpa around European decolonization between the 17th to the 20th centuries from a contemporary revision and viewpoint, referring to six historical cases about crucial subjects for debate, such as race, gender and power structures.
Designed by the leading editorial design studio VACA (Caracas, Venezuela) which is headed by award-winning designers Álvaro Sotillo and Gabriela Fontanillas.
Nearly all typography is set in Lira Sans and Adobe Jenson; Only the section sign (§) in the margins of the text blocks set in Lira Sans is set in neither of the two – instead it’s Neue Helvetica. According to the imprint, a style of the Math & Technical series is used, too, but is not shown in the images of this post.
Bilingual edition in Spanish and English.
Portrait of Camilo Catrillanca, a young Mapuche who was murdered by repressive apparatus of Chilean state.
Dry seal on book's back cover.
Book spine, covered with a dyed and printed cloth.
