Francesca Martí: Passage and Presence monograph

Francesca Martí’s bilingual monograph Passage and Presence was designed by Book Book and published by DCV Books, Berlin (ISBN 978–3–96912–126–9). The hardcover book (23×30 cm, 208 pages, 335 illustrations) was edited by Jonathan Turner, set in HAL Timezone and HAL Four Grotesk (both published by HAL Typefaces), with texts by Mark Gisbourne, Heike Fuhlbrügge, Alia Lin, Matthew Mitcham, Pilar Ribal Simó, Marifé Santiago-Bolaños, Michael Stoeber, Gunnlaug Thorvaldsdottir and Jonathan Turner.

Publisher DCV Books writes:

Francesca Martí’s (b. Sóller, Mallorca; lives in Mallorca and Stockholm) art revolves around themes like transformation, communication, and deformation, the power of self-determination, the instability of memory, and the effects of the chaos caused by migration and the migration prompted by chaos. In a collaborative process, a multitude of performers, dancers, and musicians help make her vision a reality. The book presents performances, sculptures, and visual works from Francesca Martí’s most important exhibitions in Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and China. The portraits of the various series the artist has developed over the past ten years, including Cocoon, Planet of Fusions, Migrant Angel, Dreamers & Believers, Copper and Flux, are rounded out by her drawings, photographs, and making-of shots from her studio in Mallorca.