Title: Dear God, the Parthenon is still broken
Artist: Yorgos Lanthimos
VOID
24 x 30 cm
120 pages
With three 90 cm long gatefolds
Fully printed in 5 colours
Cloth open-spine hardcover with silkscreen
Design by João Linneu & Myrto Steirou
Second edition
2023
ISBN 978-618-5479-33-6
<Dear God, the Parthenon is still broken>는 요르고스 란티모스의 사진 에피소드다. 부다페스트에서 영화 <Poor Things> 촬영 중 제작되었으나, 이 책은 시간과 장소에 얽매이지 않은 별개의 세계를 구현한다.
사진들은 흑백과 컬러 사이를 유영하며 과거와 현재 사이의 깨어 있는 꿈 같은 인상을 주며, 현실과 허구 사이의 다층적 구조가 서서히 드러난다. 영화는 런던, 리스본, 마르세유, 유람선 등 19세기 후반의 다양한 장소를 배경으로 설정되었으며, 이 모든 장소는 부다페스트에서 재현되었다. 이렇게 구축된 도시와 실내 공간이 사진들의 배경이 된다. 캐릭터들은 이 상상의 도시들을 채우지만, 불안정한 스크린, 비계, 장비, 조명, 스태프들은 이미지 주변부에 드러난다. 란티모스는 의도적으로 프레임을 넓혀 제작 과정을 보여주며, 이야기 속 또 다른 이야기를 만들어냈다. 이를 반영하듯, 출판물은 접이식 디자인으로 구성되어 등장인물들 사이의 이러한 제작 구조를 드러낸다—독자는 책 속의 책을 펼치는 셈이다.
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"Dear God, the Parthenon is still broken" is a photographic vignette by Yorgos Lanthimos. Although created on the set of the film ‘Poor Things’ in Budapest, the book inhabits a separate world, untethered from time and place.
The photographs drift between black and white and colour, giving the impression of a waking dream between past and present, whilst multiple layers between reality and fiction are gradually revealed. The film was set in various late 19th century locations including London, Lisbon, Marseille, and a cruise ship—all recreated in Budapest. These constructed cities and interiors provide the backdrop for the photographs. The characters populate these imagined cities whilst the precarious screens, scaffolding, rigs, lighting and crew are divulged on the periphery of the images. Lanthimos has intentionally widened the frame to show the workings of the construct, fabricating a new story within the story. To mirror this, the publication is designed with foldouts to reveal these constructs within the cast of characters—the reader opens a book within a book.‘Dear God, the Parthenon is still broken’ is a photographic vignette by Yorgos Lanthimos. Although created on the set of the film ‘Poor Things’ in Budapest, the book inhabits a separate world, untethered from time and place.
The photographs drift between black and white and colour, giving the impression of a waking dream between past and present, whilst multiple layers between reality and fiction are gradually revealed. The film was set in various late 19th century locations including London, Lisbon, Marseille, and a cruise ship—all recreated in Budapest. These constructed cities and interiors provide the backdrop for the photographs. The characters populate these imagined cities whilst the precarious screens, scaffolding, rigs, lighting and crew are divulged on the periphery of the images. Lanthimos has intentionally widened the frame to show the workings of the construct, fabricating a new story within the story. To mirror this, the publication is designed with foldouts to reveal these constructs within the cast of characters—the reader opens a book within a book.
<Dear God, the Parthenon is still broken>는 요르고스 란티모스의 사진 에피소드다. 부다페스트에서 영화 <Poor Things> 촬영 중 제작되었으나, 이 책은 시간과 장소에 얽매이지 않은 별개의 세계를 구현한다.
사진들은 흑백과 컬러 사이를 유영하며 과거와 현재 사이의 깨어 있는 꿈 같은 인상을 주며, 현실과 허구 사이의 다층적 구조가 서서히 드러난다. 영화는 런던, 리스본, 마르세유, 유람선 등 19세기 후반의 다양한 장소를 배경으로 설정되었으며, 이 모든 장소는 부다페스트에서 재현되었다. 이렇게 구축된 도시와 실내 공간이 사진들의 배경이 된다. 캐릭터들은 이 상상의 도시들을 채우지만, 불안정한 스크린, 비계, 장비, 조명, 스태프들은 이미지 주변부에 드러난다. 란티모스는 의도적으로 프레임을 넓혀 제작 과정을 보여주며, 이야기 속 또 다른 이야기를 만들어냈다. 이를 반영하듯, 출판물은 접이식 디자인으로 구성되어 등장인물들 사이의 이러한 제작 구조를 드러낸다—독자는 책 속의 책을 펼치는 셈이다.
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"Dear God, the Parthenon is still broken" is a photographic vignette by Yorgos Lanthimos. Although created on the set of the film ‘Poor Things’ in Budapest, the book inhabits a separate world, untethered from time and place.
The photographs drift between black and white and colour, giving the impression of a waking dream between past and present, whilst multiple layers between reality and fiction are gradually revealed. The film was set in various late 19th century locations including London, Lisbon, Marseille, and a cruise ship—all recreated in Budapest. These constructed cities and interiors provide the backdrop for the photographs. The characters populate these imagined cities whilst the precarious screens, scaffolding, rigs, lighting and crew are divulged on the periphery of the images. Lanthimos has intentionally widened the frame to show the workings of the construct, fabricating a new story within the story. To mirror this, the publication is designed with foldouts to reveal these constructs within the cast of characters—the reader opens a book within a book.‘Dear God, the Parthenon is still broken’ is a photographic vignette by Yorgos Lanthimos. Although created on the set of the film ‘Poor Things’ in Budapest, the book inhabits a separate world, untethered from time and place.
The photographs drift between black and white and colour, giving the impression of a waking dream between past and present, whilst multiple layers between reality and fiction are gradually revealed. The film was set in various late 19th century locations including London, Lisbon, Marseille, and a cruise ship—all recreated in Budapest. These constructed cities and interiors provide the backdrop for the photographs. The characters populate these imagined cities whilst the precarious screens, scaffolding, rigs, lighting and crew are divulged on the periphery of the images. Lanthimos has intentionally widened the frame to show the workings of the construct, fabricating a new story within the story. To mirror this, the publication is designed with foldouts to reveal these constructs within the cast of characters—the reader opens a book within a book.
