Originally written in French and translated into Finnish and English, the "Dimanche sans / Sunday Without / Sunnuntai vailla" book-object consists of a mixture of translucent sheets and different types of paper with sequences of photos and text: a tactile and playful, yet poetic object with 124 pages, that can be read in a linear way or explored and leafed through randomly.
"When a Sunday comes around, you will attach yourself to the sun and listen attentively to the dull tinkling in the air, the wind will carry you out to sea, blown along by the future. A song for all, a coffee just for you. Hold on.
And to the brutes, to all the insensitive people who smile, you will say: Move back. You’ll say it casually; move back you flies. And then you will hang on to the table, turning your back on them, with a touch that is as soft as the grip is strong, and that is how to protect yourself from dominical melancholy.
Hang on! Immediate boarding! Close your eyes and dream hard."
The book-object deals with Sundays, and especially with Sunday blues — indeed, it seems that more than a half of the people in western countries suffer from a special kind of anxiety or dread on Sundays — and the phenomenon called "Sunday syndrome" often gets worst on Sunday evenings.
The author of the book, Anuliina Savolainen, started her global Sunday project in Paris in the beginning of 2010. She has organized, together with l'Association Le Fond et La Forme, multidisciplinary happenings and workshops in Paris, on Sundays, dealing with the Sunday syndrome. At these events, artists from different backgrounds had the opportunity to perform, meet and interact: http://lefondetlaforme.net. Music, theater play, poetry reading, Sunday trading, projections, even knitting events have been part of the project. We will thank our contributors with some of the fruits of the global project, like the Dimanchettes and other surprises for "Sundays with"... (see examples).
This book-object also results from these encounters: Anuliina Savolainen met three other photographers, Jean-Christope Sartoris, Haner Pamukçu and Philippe Lesprit during the project. She started to compose with her texts and the images of the four of them, building a photo-text storyboard. The idea was that the images do not only illustrate the text, and the text does not try to explain the images; instead, they work together for a poetic cohesion, which creates an additional reading dimension. When the translucent sheets came into play, the idea of the "kaleidoscopic book-object" was born.
After a few broken table printers, damaged hard disks, lost negatives found under sofas and nights with glue and scissors, the book-object started to find its shape. Then the art director Maryline Robalo (Studio graphique sans nom & sans figure) added her magic touch to the typographical and graphical aspect of the book. Finally, after a trip to the book printing-house in Istanbul, "Dimanche Sans / Sunday without / Sunnuntai vailla" is ready, just waiting to be printed: 124 pages of which 32 translucent sheets, 35 photos, three chapters. That's where we need your help!
Credits: Conception, text, storyboard and photo editing: Anuliina Savolainen. Photos: Philippe Lesprit, Haner Pamucku, Jean-Christophe Sartoris, Anuliina Savolainen. Graphic design and typography: Studio sans nom & sans figure _ Maryline Robalo. Translation into English: Julia McLaren. Translation into Finnish: Anuliina Savolainen. Revision of French texts: Olivier Gallon and Philippe Thiphaine. Publishing consultation: Julie Séguinier (Le Fond et La Forme)
"Sundays without suprises, Sundays with no taste, with enormous people who pass by and leave their clouds of words lying around, a message that says : absolutely.
Do we have to see all these children, did we absolutely have to go out on any old pretext, to then find ourselves here, looking for them, smelling, digging, tickling the edges, and eggs, eggs everywhere? The potential of the omnipresent egg, no.
No not that way my little one, you got the wrong number and the wrong day.
You got the wrong age, wrong storm, it’s not the right war.
Let me repeat myself : long, grey Sundays, all efforts to hide are in vain, to find, to forget and they say ; careful, the margin is too near, you are too sharp, the egg is too round, but I won’t fall and as I didn’t ask for the surprise, I won’t have a surprise."
The total cost of the printing process is 4500 Euros. The aim of our fundraising is to put together 2500 Euros, which would help us to:
1/ cover 50% of the printing costs: — size 15x15 — color printing — 92 pages printed on uncoated paper (170 gr), and 32 pages printed on translucent sheets — 500 copies in French, of which 250 with Finnish translation and 250 with English translation— hard cover with debossing — proofings — delivery
2/ organize an event-exhibition once the book comes out — in which all the contributors are invited
Invitation to the publishing party-exhibition and a huge thanks / Kutsu julkistamistilaisuuteen (+näyttelyyn) ja iso kiitos
The above mentioned rewards + a knitted Dimanchette sent to you / Yllä mainitut vastalahjat ja neulottu Dimanchette-hiha kotiin lähetettynä
The above mentioned rewards + download of four Fisheye Norton's songs / Yllä mainitut vastalahjat ja neljä Fisheye Nortonin kappaletta.
The above mentioned rewards + a "Dimanche sans" book sent to you (translation in English or in Finnish) / Yllä mainitut vastalahjat sekä Dimanche sans -kirja kotiin lähetettynä (joko englannin- tai suomenkielisellä käännösosiolla)
The above mentioned rewards, but with a signed, numbered copy of the "Dimanche sans" book / Yllä mainitut vastalahjat, mutta "Dimanche sans" -kirjasta signeerattu, numeroitu versio
The above mentioned rewards + cd of four Fisheye Norton's songs with knitted covers / Yllä mainitut vastalahjat ja neljä Fisheye Nortonin kappaletta cd:llä, neulotut kuoret.
The above mentioned rewards + a long Sunday walk with the editorial team in Paris OR an original, surprise Sunday testimony, collected during the global project and a Dimanchette knitting kit sent to you / Yllä mainitut vastalahjat + pitkä sunnuntaikävely tekijöiden kanssa Pariisissa tai sunnuntaihankkeen aikana kerätty, satunnaisesti valittu sunnuntaiviesti ja Dimanchette-nelontapaketti
The above mentioned rewards + a high quality print of one of the selected photos of the book, size 20x30, on Fine art Rag 308 paper / Yllä mainitut vastalahjat + valitsemasi vedos (valittujen kirjan valokuvien joukosta), koko 20x30cm, Fine Art Rag 308 -paperille
The above mentioned rewards, but instead of a 20x30 size print of the selected photo, a high quality print of 40x50cm or 50x50cm / Yllä mainitut vastalahjat, mutta 20x30-kokoisen vedoksen sijaan valitsemasi vedoksen koko 50x50cm tai 40x50cm, Fine Art Rag 308 -paperille
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