Maria Stamenković Herranz - This Mortal House Building 1

'This Mortal House Building 1’ seeks to translate into printed form the artist’s eponymous 2020 performance at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum in Istanbul. Over a period of 24 days, the artist built a brick labyrinth in the museum space, blindfolded, then destroyed it on the last day. Based on photographs of the performance, the book’s unbound pages offer a non-linear reading, itself subject to construction and deconstruction. We are invited to follow two paths: the first is a chronological account of the event, while the second provides new texts and images. By folding, unfolding, and assembling the sheets in different ways, we can modify our experience, both visually and mentally.