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About Une Double Absence by Akihito Yoshida

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These close up sceneries play with the viewer's sensation of scale inviting them to enter unexplored landscapes where numerous body interactions and behaviours can unfold

Metropolitan Melancholia Shaun ryder About Une Double Absence byFirst edition of Metropolitan Melancholia by David Van Der Leeuw and Sarah Van Rij (2023) First impression Medium format hardback in new condition Published by Kominek About Metropolitan Melancholia explores the complex push and pull of the modern city, and the weight of its textured histories. Alluring and repellent, cities intoxicate those they beckon. We leave our traces on them if only in a passing shadow as they leave their marks on us. But what