SECOND LIFE
Dublin Core
Title
SECOND LIFE
Shelfmark - 592.OTH.BOLLINO
Subject
Street
Description
A book about weather worn posters, composed of more than 100 selected pictures taken in the last ten years in London and other cities in Europe and Asia.
Posters, and in particular, advertising posters, are all around us, they have a single and well defined scope: to convey a message for a short amount of time. Then they’re left, exposed to the elements, useless, until they are removed or replaced. The artistic reaction to that is the capacity to find beauty in the spontaneous artistic value the torn posters gain, making the city a free and immense open-air museum.
Second life is about the beauty the torn posters gain just before disappearing, like the agave plant that produces only one flower just before its death.
Posters, and in particular, advertising posters, are all around us, they have a single and well defined scope: to convey a message for a short amount of time. Then they’re left, exposed to the elements, useless, until they are removed or replaced. The artistic reaction to that is the capacity to find beauty in the spontaneous artistic value the torn posters gain, making the city a free and immense open-air museum.
Second life is about the beauty the torn posters gain just before disappearing, like the agave plant that produces only one flower just before its death.
Creator
Guido Bollino
Publisher
BITT - Self published
Date
2023
Format
Case Bound book with matt laminated cover and gloss spot UV
Endpapers onto 170gms Uncoated paper, 140 inside pages onto 170gsm Silk paper.
Texts in English and Italian
Endpapers onto 170gms Uncoated paper, 140 inside pages onto 170gsm Silk paper.
Texts in English and Italian
Book Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
25 x 18 cm
Number of Pages
140
Number of images
100
Edition Size
350
Place of Publication
London
Designer
Guido Bollino
Printer
ExWhyZed
ISBN
978-1-3999-3990-4
Website
www.guidobollino.com/
URL Link to project
www.guidobollino.com/second-life/
Where to buy
Contact the author
www.guidobollino.com
www.instagram.com/guidobollino/
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www.instagram.com/guidobollino/
Collection
Citation
Guido Bollino, “SECOND LIFE,” Photo Book Cafe Archive, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/592.