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Blacktop Memento: Fragments of Erosion

Skira 
2021 Publication


ISBN: 978-2-9578485-0-8246 x 292 mm
522 pp. Hardcover


This photography book by Kevin Couliau, explores the worn textures and colors of asphalt playgrounds, often associated with basketball. The book captures the abstract interaction between the game and its environment, showcasing the "memories sculpted by the encounters between man and matter" on outdoor basketball courts. Utilizing Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black printing inks, stripes of the aforementioned palette line the binding of each page so the narrative of the work is segmented by color while the back cover features line drawings of the up-close courts found within its pages.

Common Practice is co-publisher and U.S. distributor of the book, Blacktop Memento: Fragments of Erosion.

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