THE ATTIC
Año 2020
LIMITED EDITIONS
100 Units 17 x 13 inch
€125 including VAT and shipping*
Up there, where dust and silence wage their own battle for posterity, Gonza seems to have found a rest that's all too permanent. The attic, that graveyard of the obsolete, is the final refuge for everything that has lost its luster or its immediate function. It's curious to see how, sometimes, we treat experience with the same disdain with which we wrap an old lamp in a sheet so it doesn't scratch the floor.
A quick glance reveals a ghost; a closer look finds a walking stick. The mystery isn't who's under the sheet, but all the questions it raises afterward: What must that final stretch of our lives be like to be considered worthy? Did that 'Grandpa Gonza' deserve to be surrounded by his loved ones, or was he a bad person who deserved to be abandoned? Or perhaps he climbed up to the attic himself to give up? In this society obsessed with the future, memory becomes that heavy piece of furniture that gets in the way during a move.
I hope that the light filtering through the window serves not only to show the dust motes dancing in the air, but also to illuminate the corner of our own fragility. While Gonza patiently awaits his turn under the shroud of anonymity, we are left wondering if, by hiding what came before us, we are not, step by step, walling up the door that gives meaning to our own present.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND PUBLISHING COMMITMENT
If you have decided to purchase a unit of The attic, you've made an excellent choice. You're not investing in just another photograph: i don't sell catalog prints. While a large print shop might produce 100,000 copies of a blank image for any waiting room, I'm limiting this essay to a select few. It's the difference between decorating a wall and imbuing it with an identity shared by only a small group of people.
Why such a small edition?
- Workshop Warranty: Limiting the series allows me to personally certify that every cotton fiber and every drop of ink is exactly where it should be.
- Finitude: Just as an honest conversation can't have a thousand participants at once without getting lost, these pieces are limited in size so that the dialogue between the paper and the viewer remains intimate. We don't want to trivialize ideas that have taken years of study as if they were just a merchandising product.
Display standard
- Paper: I only use the best exhibition photographs papers: Canson Baryta 310 g/m² and similar.
- Authenticity: Each work includes certificate of authenticity signed by hand and a system of double void hologram to ensure the integrity of the copy.
File note: Apart from the 100 limited editions, there are 2 AP and 3 large format museum edition copies (Giclée process).
Printer's Note: I apply standard museum margins (10% on the sides/top and 20% on the bottom). The artwork is signed on the right margin, but if you prefer it signed on the back or without the signature, I can adjust that. What matters is the idea.
Shipping: I'm deliberately overly cautious with the protection; it personally pains me to see a piece arrive damaged. Inside the package, you'll find the artwork wrapped in acid-free tissue paper, a certificate of authenticity, care instructions, cotton gloves, and a few other surprises. I also use recycled wood and cardboard with as little plastic as possible to make the packaging environmentally friendly.
* Shipping included within mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands. For other areas, shipping costs are calculated automatically before payment.