Take A Rest by Walking

Photobook by Josephine Altmeyer and Svenja Landsiedel, 2024

Photo © Josephine Altmeyer

Price: €25, available here
Publisher: Edition 502
Pages / Length: 88
ESBN: E502|2023|21×14.8×1|39
Year: 2024
Dimensions: 21 cm × 14.8 cm × 1 cm
Edition: 70 copies

Take a Rest by Walking presents photographs by two art students who, after their exchange semester in Aberdeen, embarked on a journey through the legendary Scottish Highlands, spending their nights in bothies. The title reflects the sense of slowing down while walking. They spent a week in the mountains, where their worries faded, their minds cleared, and the weight they carried fit into their backpacks. Equipped with two cameras, they captured self-portraits and landscapes, offering an intimate glimpse into their daily life on the trail.

Photo © Jonas Kakaó

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Foreign Body

Foreign Body, dt. Fremdkörper, Artist book, 45 artists, 200 pages, 2022
Curated by: Simon Schirmer, Mel Wilken, Endric Merker, Svenja Landsiedel, Sofia Baronner
Layout: Simon Schirmer, Mel Wilken, Gesa Krieter, Max Heinemann

This concise word consisting of the terms “foreign“ and “body“ can describe a wide spectrum of topics from flight over discrimination to the sexualization of the bodies of female read persons.
For a year and a half we showed exhibitions in our project space TANKE e. V. that dealt with individual topics of this generic term. In addition, we collected artistic contributions to five chapters via an open call. The New Strange, The Social Body, The Digital Prosthesis, Sex and Gender, and Strangeness and Homeland. I curated the chapter “The Social Body”.
The result of these one and a half years is a joint research project that can be understood as a visual testimony of time.

Text adapted from Sofia Baronner

Price: €50, available Instagram DM @tankehannover
Publisher: TANKE e.V.
Year: 2022