Axel Koschier
A speculative catalog that shatters the classic genre of artist monograph and embraces interpretation and fiction as an elemental part of an artist’s biography. The book has contributions in 6 languages (English, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, French) and is a delight for all polyglot readers.
For many years, the artist Axel Koschier has been collecting fill-in forms that became an autonomous part of his artistic work. Although still in use, these forms almost seem like historical artifacts of the way our personal information was collected in a pre-digital era.
Axel Koschier filled out a large number of the forms and gave this personal information to 6 authors (Ayami Awazuhara, Beatrice Forchini, Sophie Lapalu, Julia Moebus, Cristina Ramirez and Victoria Wigzell) – none of whom knew the artist. Inspired by this data, the authors have written 6 autonomous texts in their native languages. About the book: 368 pages thick and buttery soft. Printed on a smooth and tear proof paper. Made out of 100% pulp this paper is typically used for packaging and wrapping – and not for book printing. Its special feature is a cloudy transparency, which became an elementary part of the book, as all texts are printed in mirror image and can thus be read through the pages.