Arcana 1 is the first volume in a series of books designed to mount an archive of the present through a collection of emblematic documents of the 21st century, culled from the media, advertising, and the internet. Arcana 1 gathers images of luxury watches cut out from magazines, with no typographical mention so to reveal the peculiar aura of these objects.
Arcana 1
Virgil Vernier
Co-published with Préféré
Published with the support of Kazak Productions
Published in March 2016
Printed in Belgium
400 copies
21 x 29,7 cm, 8.3 x 11.7 in, 136 pages
ISBN: 978-2-918685-06-7
Price: €30 + shipping costs
Editors: Raphaele Godin, Manon Lutanie
Editorial assistant: Anne Vimeux
Graphic design: Manon Lutanie and Virgil Vernier
Press:
Libération
Possession immédiate
TLC
Based on the Nordic myth of Odin, this volume investigates the contemporary representation of the male body, by seeking out the limit of the fantasy of omnipotence and of the sexualization of masculinity.
Arcana 2
Virgil Vernier
Published in April 2017
Printed in France
300 copies
21 x 29,7 cm, 8.3 x 11.7 in, 136 pages
ISBN : 978-2-918685-13-5
Price: €20 + shipping costs
Editors: Raphaele Godin, Manon Lutanie
Editorial assistant: Valentin Koutelis
Graphic design: Manon Lutanie and Virgil Vernier
Arcana 3 investigates feminized advertizing imagery. The dream of adornment, whiteness and eternal youth appears derived from Germanic tales reinterpreted by Disney.
Arcana 3
Virgil Vernier
Published in April 2017
Printed in France
300 copies
21 x 29,7 cm, 8.3 x 11.7 in, 104 pages
ISBN : 978-2-918685-14-2
Price: €20 + shipping costs
Editors: Raphaele Godin, Manon Lutanie
Editorial assistant: Valentin Koutelis
Graphic design: Manon Lutanie and Virgil Vernier
Press:
Libération
Possession immédiate
TLC