1, Pablo Schlumberger

The publication 1 is a hybrid; it’s a fusion of artist book, monograph and field report. It thematically revolves around Pablo Schlumberger’s euro figurine, a sculpture made from nine one-euro coins that was stolen from Schlumberger’s studio in 2017. Since the disappearance of the sculpture, he has repeatedly created drawings, watercolors, underwater photographs, sculptures and installations that imagine the existence and examine the absence of the sculpture. They draw a picture of something that was or that could have been. The book 1 draws up an interim balance to this body of work and simultaneously is part of this ongoing examination of the vanished sculpture.

Based in Berlin and founded in 2011, BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE is a small independent publishing house — a community of artists, graphic designers, authors, curators, cultural workers, craftsmen and craftswomen; specialising in artist books that are conceptualised as a part of an artwork or as the artwork itself.  They attempt to play with the format of the book and reflect its medium;  all of their books are produced in close collaborations with the artists themselves. Working in the long-standing tradition of alternative publishing practises, their focus is on collaborations with younger, not yet established artists or artists from outside of North America and Western Europe; from outside of an eurocentric discourse. 

BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE translates to ‘good day, good afternoon, good night’ in Portuguese. The name conveys the idea that books can become an integral part of our everyday life – regardless of the time of day. 

Measures: 20 x 24.5 cm
Pages: 128
Binding: Softcover