"286 jours" de Frédéric Boilet & Laia Canada

The sensual and tragic story of a passion photographed day after day: a book beyond comparison...

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"286 jours" de Frédéric Boilet & Laia Canada

The book <img alt="286jours_3d" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/44444/286jours_3D.jpg"> From Petrarch and Shakespeare till today, crazy love has always been one of the key themes of art and literature, and it has never stopped defining what love actually means. 286 Days is part of this tradition, which it reinvents in the most radical ways. The theme of 'man meets woman' produces here a co-authored work in which the desires, the voice and the gaze of both partners are not only gathered, but also assembled and intertwined, till eventually they fall apart. This book contains the blended diaries of a sexual and amorous passion, intense yet brief, which the couple in love documents in photography at the very moment they experience it. 286 Days explores a new language that makes the reader understand and feel what the couple in love is actually living: all the moments and nuances of the intimacy of a relationship. Raw, sensual, upsetting, 286 Days exceeds all known genres, as if the love exchanges effaced even the limits between oneself and the world. 286 Days is the culminating point of an approach that Frédéric Boilet initiated some twenty-five years ago with 36 15 Alexia and completed more than a decade ago with Yukiko's Spinach (translated in nine languages all over the world). An approach deeply rooted in the representation of desire, amorous feelings, and the mutual gift between the artist and his model. This new book offers the real-time chronicle of the love story the author has experienced with Laia Canada, a young Spanish artist, from the very first encounter till the final separation, from the erotic passion of the first days till the last tears. It is a film in print, a reportage filmed from a subjective point of view, a photographic and dramatically personal diary where the gaze of the man and that of the woman are increasingly exchanged, to the point that often their images and perspectives coincide. It is also an impressive declaration of love, which any reader, male or female, will easily recognize, even if he or she has never experienced love in such extreme forms. 286 Days is a crazily audacious book that tries to seize something impossible: the happiness of a particular moment, the body fever, the fragilty of a relationship and finally its absolute mystery. Yes, this book is raw, but it is also a work of infinite tenderness, far beyond any form of impudicity, and whose formal inventions will surprise the readers at every page. The cover <img alt="286jours_couvcomple_te" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/44445/286jours_couvcomple_te.jpg"> Some pictures... <img alt="286jours_1" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/44447/286jours_1.jpg"> <img alt="286jours_2" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/44448/286jours_2.jpg"> <img alt="286jours_3" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/44449/286jours_3.jpg"> <img alt="286jours_4" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/44451/286jours_4.jpg"> <img alt="286jours_5" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/44452/286jours_5.jpg"> <img alt="286jours_6" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/44453/286jours_6.jpg"> Discover an extract of the book by clicking <a href="http://issuu.com/impressionsnouvelles/docs/286jours_extrait" target="_blank">here</a> ! Frédéric Boilet presents 286 Days <iframe frameborder="0" height="271" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x15y4ug" width="480"></iframe> The authors Frédéric Boilet was born on the 16th of January 1960 in Epinal. From his first book on, Le Rayon Vert ("The Green Beam", published in 1987), he established a drawing technique that he still uses today and that is largely based on photography and video. 36 15 Alexia applies this technique to a story with autiobiographical undetones. After his encounter with Benoît Peeters, his work shifts to the narration of daily life stories, often very humorous: Love Hotel, Tôkyô est mon jardin ("Tokyo Is My Garden") and Demi-tour ("Turning Around"). In 2001 he publishes Yukiko's Spinach, which will be translated in nine language. After that he publishes three other "Japanese" books: Mariko Parade (in collaboration awith Kan Takahama, 2003). L’Apprenti Japonais ("The Japanese Apprentice", 2006) and Elles ("Women", 2007). For some ten years he served as a go-between between the world of mangas and the world of comics and bande dessinée. Frédéric Boilet leaves Japan at the end of 2008 and moves to the Vosges. Vivi des Vosges, a children's book made in collaboration with Aurélia Aurita, appeared in 2011. Laia Canada was born in Mataró, on the 6th of September 1992. She is currently studying at Barcelona University. 286 Days is her first book. The short film of Laia Canada Nothing's missing <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/57512647" width="540"></iframe> "When there's nothing to say, there's always something to see indeed. That's what I want to keep when I close my eyes : how beautiful is life around you." (Laia Canada) The technical details of the book - 544 pages + end leaves - format (horizontal) : 21,6 x 15,4 cm - genre : picture story - paper : Condat Silk 130 g - presentation : hard back, full color - copy run : 2000 copies (of which 100 deluxe copies, numbered from 1 to 100, accompanied with an ex-libris signed by the authors) - release : January 2014 (the sending to the subscribers will be made in scoop, from December) Consult the page of the book on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/286jours" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and on the <a href="http://www.lesimpressionsnouvelles.com/catalogue/286-jours-2/" target="_blank">website of Les Impressions Nouvelles</a> !

Allocation of funds

286 Days is an ambitious project. It is an expensive and complex production, involving an profuse iconography which can only be printed on high quality paper. 286 Days will have more than 500 full-color pages. Given its highly provocative content, it proves difficult to find subsidies via the traditional channels. And if we would count on the sales in bookshops, we would be obliged to fix its retail prize at 50 €. For this reason, your support is imperative: without your help, it will not be possible to realize to project and then to offer it a a reasonable prize. Only your support can bring this book into print. The amounts collected via the KissKissBankBank website will mainly help finance the technical and material production of the publication (retouching the images, lay-outing the book, editing and proofreading the various stages of the manuscript, printing the work itself, etc.). Part of the crowd-funding will enhance the marketing and promotion of the book so that readers and reviewers can be informed as efficiently as possible. More specifically, the various costs that will covered with the help of this crowd-funding are the following ones: - design and lay-out = 1500 € - printing of both the trade version and the deluxe version of the book = 13 000 € - review copies and promotion activities = 4000 € - printing of promotional postcards, bookmarkers and ex-libris = 700 € - shipping costs (worldwide) for the dispatching of signed-up copies and bounties = 800 € TOTAL : 20 000 € If the crowd-funding campaign proves to be successful and helps gather more than the minimally requested 6 000 €, we will invest the surplus money to increase our promotional efforts so that this superb picture book can enjoy maximal presence and visibility.

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Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments section of the internet page that Les Impressions Nouvelles will devote to "286 Days".

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8 contributions

A series of 6 post cards reproducing an image of "286 Days". + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments section of the internet page that Les Impressions Nouvelles will devote to "286 Days".

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44 contributions

A copy of "286 Days" will be sent to you before the official launch, together with a bookmarker signed by the two authors. + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments section of the internet page that Les Impressions Nouvelles will devote to "286 Days".

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37 contributions

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will be invited to the opening of the accompanying exhibit and personnally informed of all other supporting events. + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments section of the internet page that Les Impressions Nouvelles will devote to "286 Days".

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A copy of "286 Days" will be sent to you before the official launch, together with a bookmarker signed by the two authors. + A special print (17 x 30 cm) of a photographic sequence by Frédéric Boilet, from the book "286 Days", and signed by both authors will be sent to you. + You will be invited to the opening of the accompanying exhibit and personnally informed of all other supporting events. + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments section of the internet page that Les Impressions Nouvelles will devote to "286 Days".

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Three copies of "286 Days" will be sent to you before the official launch, together with a bookmarker (one for each book) signed by the two authors. + Three series of 6 post cards reproducing an image of "286 Days" will be sent. + You will be invited to the opening of the accompanying exhibit and personnally informed of all other supporting events. + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments section of the internet page that Les Impressions Nouvelles will devote to "286 Days".

€200

3 contributions

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + A special print (24 x 30 cm) of an unpublished photography by Laia Canada and signed by its author will be sent to you. + You will receive as well a series of 6 post cards reproducing an image of "286 Days". + You will be invited to the opening of the accompanying exhibit and personnally informed of all other supporting events. + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€500

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well an original pencil sketch of two drawings from "Yukiko's Spinach", signed by Frédéric Boilet (page 79 of the French edition, original 21 x 29,7 cm, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,000

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well two original pencil sketches of three drawings from "Yukiko's Spinach", signed by Frédéric Boilet (pages 57 and 59 of the French edition, original 21 x 29,7 cm, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,000

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well an original plate from "The Green Beam", signed by Frédéric Boilet (plate 15, original 40 x 50 cm, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,000

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well an original plate from "The Green Beam", signed by Frédéric Boilet (plate 14, original 40 x 50 cm, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,200

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well an original plate from "36 15 Alexia", signed by Frédéric Boilet (plate 26, original 40 x 50 cm, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,200

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well an original plate from "Love Hotel", signed by Frédéric Boilet (plate 21, original 40 x 50 cm, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,200

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well an original plate from "Love Hotel", signed by Frédéric Boilet (plate 10, original 40 x 50 cm, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,200

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well an original plate from "Love Hotel", signed by Frédéric Boilet (plate 45, original 40 x 50 cm, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,200

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well an original plate from "36 15 Alexia", signed by Frédéric Boilet (plate 43, original 40 x 50 cm, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,200

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well an original plate from "Love Hotel", signed by Frédéric Boilet (plate 40, original 40 x 50 cm, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,500

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well a pencil-sketched sequence, signed by Frédéric Boilet, from "Yukiko's Spinach" (pages 43 to 46, i.e. 4 plates format 21 x 29,7 com, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,500

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well a pencil-sketched sequence, signed by Frédéric Boilet, from "Yukiko's Spinach" (pages 63 to 66, i.e. 4 plates format 21 x 29,7 com, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€1,500

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well a pencil-sketched sequence, signed by Fédéric Boilet, from "Yukiko's Spinach" (pages 38 and 40 to 42, i.e. 4 plates, format 21 x 29,7 com, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

€2,000

A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well 4 original pencil-sketches, signed by Frédéric Boilet, of eights drawings from "Yukiko's Spinach" (pages 76 to 78 of the French edition), i.e. 4 plates, original format 21 x 29,7 cm, unframed. + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).

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A copy of the deluxe edition (numbered from 1 to 100) of "286 Days" will be sent, together with an ex-libris dedicated by the two authors. + You will receive as well an original pencil sketch of two drawings from "Yukiko's Spinach", signed by Frédéric Boilet (page 41 of the French edition, original 21 x 29,7 cm, unframed). + Your name will be listed in the acknowledgments page of the "286 Days" book (provided you subscribe before Nov. 10th).