January 2024
Spazio Labo’: a new books display in dialogue with the exibition HUN by Julia Mejnertsen
We have brought to Spazio Labo’ a new selection of books curated by Michael Trutta, who has chosen in Leporello a series of volumes that dialogues in various ways with the exhibition Hun, by Julia Mejnertsen, curated by Laura De Marco, and with the bibliography that has partly guided Laura’s research. On view through April 11, 2024!
For the second photobookclub event, to be held on March 4, we have chosen from Michael’s selection of
Julia Mejnertsen’s HUN Project is a layered account of the author’s relationship with her mother and her greatest passion, hunting. She describes in nine chapters the conflicting nuances that result from this ancient activity and how Western society has altered our relationship with nature over time.
The book selection that accompanies the exhibition goes to focus on the different aspects that emerge by vivisecting Mejnertsen’s book maquette. Starting with the underlying theme, we find, for example, Trophy and Treasure (Snoeck, 2017) by Francesco Neri, which goes similarly to Mejnertsen’s account of the relationship with one’s parent and hunting, or Nsenene (Edition Patrick Frey, 2021) by Michele Sibiloni and HORSE (The eriskay Connection, 2021) by Heleen Peeters, which speak of the exploitation and killing of animals for food; the theme of hunting is presented in a more subtle way in Justine Kurland’s SCUMB Manifesto (MACK, 2022), in which the artist cuts out and recomposes the photobooks of male authors, preying on predators; but especially in Odette England’s Woman wearing ring shields face from flash (Skinnerboox, 2023), in which the camera-gun metaphor, also central to HUN, is presented, whereby images, like bullets, are also violent devices. HUN is also a occasion for reflecting on the particular relationship between the author and her mother, just as Ahndraya Parlato uses Who is Changed and Who is Dead (MACK, 2021) to dissect the complex theme of the death and birth of mother, grandmother, and daughters, or as in Edward Steichen’s historical exhibition catalog The family of man, family is spoken of in a totally different and glossy way, as if the world were one big happy family. HUN’s maquettes are schematized in chapters, a strategy favored by Anne Geene & Arjan De Nooy in Ornithology (De Hef, 2017) and many of their other works; Julia Mejnertsen mixes documentary images with intimate portraits with drawings and illustrations, while Enrico Pantani in Developments (Skinnerboox, 2021) combines family photos with his paintings that attempt to reconstruct and acknowledge his own past; Giulia Iacolutti and Marangoni 105’s I don’t care (About Football) (Bruno, 2023), on the other hand, joins HUN for the masked, hidden, cropped subject of the image.
Finally, it is important to remember how much reading and study influence every choice, from conception, to shooting, to design: Susan Sontag’s Davanti al dolore degli altri (Nottetempo, 2021) is central because it speaks of the relationship with death and its representation, what is or is not ethical to do. This is a selection that invites one to reflect on the endless possibilities that books offer: they allow similar themes to be presented in totally different ways and very different themes in similar aspects, allowing one to promote imagination through visual, temporal, thematic juxtaposition.
The books were chosen for a particular motivation that could be traced back to the starting project, but often times a further connecting motif emerged, yet another, and so on, making reading and analysis a continuous discovery, highlighting how categories and subdivision criteria (such as even the nine chapters of the HUN maquette) are often pretexts for broadening vision.
List of books – thematic groups
Hunting
Trophy and Treasure, Francesco Neri, Snoeck, 2017
Older than love, Martina Zanin, Self-published, 2021
HORSE, Heleen Peeters, The Eriskay Connection, 2021
The Killing Sink, Matt Dunne, Void, 2022
Nsenene, Michele Sibiloni, Edition Patrick Frey, 2021
Hunting (metaphorically)
Woman wearing ring shields face from flash, Odette England, Skinnerboox, 2023
SCUMB Manifesto, Justine Kurland, MACK, 2022
On animals and nature
Animal Book for Jaap Zeno, Lous Martens, Roma publications, 2021
A sensitive education, Francesca Todde, Départ pour l’Image, 2020
Mining Photography-The Ecological Footprint of Image Production, Boaz Levin, Esther Ruelfs, Tulga Beyerle, Spector Books, 2022
Relationship with mother/family
MOM, Charlie Engman, Edition Patrick Frey, 2020
Who is Changed and Who is Dead, Ahndraya Parlato, MACK, 2021
The hero mother, Peter Puklus, Witty Books, 2021
The family of Man, Edward Steichen, MOMA, 2016
I made them run away, Martina Zanin, Skinnerboox, 2021
I can’t stand to see you cry, Rahim Fortune, Loose Joints, 2021
Language
I don’t care (About Football), Giulia Iacolutti, Marangoni 105, Bruno, 2023
Do insects play?, Johanna Tagada, Chose Commune, 2019
Sviluppi, Enrico Pantani, Skinnerboox, 2021
ON ABORTION, Laia Abril, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2017
Snow, Vanessa Winship, Deadbeat club, 2022
Ornithology, Anne Geene & Arjan De Nooy, De Hef, 2017
Essays
Gli animali di Calvino, Serenella Iovino, Treccani, 2023
Davanti al dolore degli altri, Susan Sontag, Nottetempo, 2021
Sul guardare, John Berger, Il Saggiatore, 2017
L’animale che dunque sono, Jacques Derrida, Rusconi libri, 2021
Le piccole persone, Anna Maria Ortese, Adelphi, 2016Il bonobo e l’ateo, Frans de Waal, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2013
Books selection
By Michael Trutta
![_MG_9677_Cop](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MG_9677_Cop-548x608.jpg 548w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MG_9677_Cop-722x800.jpg 722w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MG_9677_Cop-981x1088.jpg 981w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MG_9677_Cop-332x368.jpg 332w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MG_9677_Cop-600x665.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MG_9677_Cop.jpg 1281w)
Francesco Neri,
Trophy and Treasure,
2017![MichaelT-Leporello_C](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-6-477x608.jpg 477w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-6-289x368.jpg 289w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-6.jpg 539w)
Martina Zanin,
Older than love,
2021![MichaelT-Leporello_C](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-1-391x608.jpg 391w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-1-515x800.jpg 515w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-1-237x368.jpg 237w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-1.jpg 529w)
Heleen Peeters,
HORSE,
2021![copertina](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/copertina-10-471x608.jpg 471w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/copertina-10-842x1088.jpg 842w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/copertina-10-619x800.jpg 619w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/copertina-10-285x368.jpg 285w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/copertina-10-600x775.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/copertina-10.jpg 1161w)
Matt Dunne,
The Killing Sink,
2022![nsene_8](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/nsene_8-451x608.jpg 451w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/nsene_8-593x800.jpg 593w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/nsene_8-807x1088.jpg 807w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/nsene_8-273x368.jpg 273w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/nsene_8-600x809.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/nsene_8.jpg 1483w)
Michele Sibiloni,
Nsenene,
2021![MichaelT-Leporello_C](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-479x608.jpg 479w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-290x368.jpg 290w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C.jpg 499w)
Odette England,
Woman wearing ring shields face from flash,
2023![DSCF7473](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSCF7473-1-464x608.jpg 464w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSCF7473-1-831x1088.jpg 831w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSCF7473-1-611x800.jpg 611w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSCF7473-1-281x368.jpg 281w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSCF7473-1-600x786.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSCF7473-1.jpg 1145w)
Justine Kurland,
SCUMB MANIFESTO,
2022![Schermata 2024-07-19 alle 19.46](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Schermata-2024-07-19-alle-19.46-430x608.jpg 430w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Schermata-2024-07-19-alle-19.46-566x800.jpg 566w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Schermata-2024-07-19-alle-19.46-260x368.jpg 260w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Schermata-2024-07-19-alle-19.46-600x849.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Schermata-2024-07-19-alle-19.46.jpg 625w)
Lous Martens,
Animal Books For Jaap Zeno Anna Julian Luca,
2021![CAPO9349 copia](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CAPO9349-copia-430x608.jpg 430w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CAPO9349-copia-565x800.jpg 565w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CAPO9349-copia-260x368.jpg 260w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CAPO9349-copia-600x849.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CAPO9349-copia.jpg 757w)
Francesca Todde,
A SENSITIVE EDUCATION,
2020![MichaelT-Leporello_C](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-2-462x608.jpg 462w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-2-280x368.jpg 280w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-2.jpg 503w)
Boaz Levin, Esther Ruelfs, Tulga Beyerle,
Mining Photography – The Ecological Footprint of Image Production,
2022![MichaelT-Leporello_C](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-3-457x608.jpg 457w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-3-276x368.jpg 276w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-3.jpg 528w)
Charlie Engman,
MOM,
2020![who is changed_9](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/who-is-changed_9-482x608.jpg 482w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/who-is-changed_9-634x800.jpg 634w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/who-is-changed_9-862x1088.jpg 862w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/who-is-changed_9-291x368.jpg 291w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/who-is-changed_9-600x758.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/who-is-changed_9.jpg 1584w)
Ahndraya Parlato,
Who is Changed and Who is Dead,
2021![the hero mother cover](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/the-hero-mother-cover-440x608.jpg 440w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/the-hero-mother-cover-579x800.jpg 579w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/the-hero-mother-cover-788x1088.jpg 788w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/the-hero-mother-cover-266x368.jpg 266w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/the-hero-mother-cover-600x829.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/the-hero-mother-cover.jpg 1390w)
Peter Puklus,
The hero mother,
2021![MichaelT-Leporello_C](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-4-452x608.jpg 452w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-4-274x368.jpg 274w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-4.jpg 535w)
Edward Steichen,
The family of Man,
2016![_DSC8953_1](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSC8953_1-438x608.jpg 438w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSC8953_1-576x800.jpg 576w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSC8953_1-784x1088.jpg 784w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSC8953_1-265x368.jpg 265w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSC8953_1-600x833.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSC8953_1.jpg 1441w)
Martina Zanin,
I made them run away,
2021![i cant stand_9](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/i-cant-stand_9-538x608.jpg 538w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/i-cant-stand_9-708x800.jpg 708w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/i-cant-stand_9-963x1088.jpg 963w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/i-cant-stand_9-326x368.jpg 326w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/i-cant-stand_9-600x678.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/i-cant-stand_9.jpg 1771w)
Rahim Fortune,
I can’t stand to see you cry,
2021![IDontCareAboutFootball_BeatricePuddu](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IDontCareAboutFootball_BeatricePuddu-e1701190489268-401x608.jpg 401w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IDontCareAboutFootball_BeatricePuddu-e1701190489268-528x800.jpg 528w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IDontCareAboutFootball_BeatricePuddu-e1701190489268-243x368.jpg 243w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IDontCareAboutFootball_BeatricePuddu-e1701190489268-600x909.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IDontCareAboutFootball_BeatricePuddu-e1701190489268.jpg 710w)
Giulia Iacolutti + Marangoni 105,
I don’t care (About Football),
2023![_NOT6888](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NOT6888-451x608.jpg 451w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NOT6888-593x800.jpg 593w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NOT6888-806x1088.jpg 806w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NOT6888-273x368.jpg 273w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NOT6888-600x810.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NOT6888.jpg 1334w)
Johanna Tagada,
DO INSECTS PLAY?,
2019![MichaelT-Leporello_C](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-5-460x608.jpg 460w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-5-279x368.jpg 279w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MichaelT-Leporello_C-5.jpg 545w)
Enrico Pantani,
Sviluppi,
2021![_NOT3086](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NOT3086-458x608.jpg 458w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NOT3086-603x800.jpg 603w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NOT3086-820x1088.jpg 820w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NOT3086-277x368.jpg 277w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NOT3086-600x796.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NOT3086.jpg 1356w)
Laia Abril,
ON ABORTION,
2017![DSCF7673 copia](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSCF7673-copia-465x608.jpg 465w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSCF7673-copia-611x800.jpg 611w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSCF7673-copia-281x368.jpg 281w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSCF7673-copia-600x785.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSCF7673-copia.jpg 671w)
Vanessa Winship ,
Snow,
2022![Ornithology_AnneGeeneandArjanDeNooy_BeatricePuddu_1](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ornithology_AnneGeeneandArjanDeNooy_BeatricePuddu_1-429x608.jpg 429w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ornithology_AnneGeeneandArjanDeNooy_BeatricePuddu_1-767x1088.jpg 767w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ornithology_AnneGeeneandArjanDeNooy_BeatricePuddu_1-564x800.jpg 564w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ornithology_AnneGeeneandArjanDeNooy_BeatricePuddu_1-1083x1536.jpg 1083w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ornithology_AnneGeeneandArjanDeNooy_BeatricePuddu_1-1443x2048.jpg 1443w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ornithology_AnneGeeneandArjanDeNooy_BeatricePuddu_1-259x368.jpg 259w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ornithology_AnneGeeneandArjanDeNooy_BeatricePuddu_1-1536x2179.jpg 1536w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ornithology_AnneGeeneandArjanDeNooy_BeatricePuddu_1-600x851.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ornithology_AnneGeeneandArjanDeNooy_BeatricePuddu_1.jpg 1762w)
Anne Geene & Arjan de Nooy,
Ornithology,
2017![GliAnimalidiCalvino_BeatricePuddu](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GliAnimalidiCalvino_BeatricePuddu-e1701272525241-424x608.jpg 424w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GliAnimalidiCalvino_BeatricePuddu-e1701272525241-558x800.jpg 558w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GliAnimalidiCalvino_BeatricePuddu-e1701272525241-257x368.jpg 257w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GliAnimalidiCalvino_BeatricePuddu-e1701272525241-600x860.jpg 600w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GliAnimalidiCalvino_BeatricePuddu-e1701272525241.jpg 680w)
Serenella Iovino,
Gli animali di Calvino. Storie dell’Antropocene,
2023![61E0Ce4iUOL._SY522_](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/61E0Ce4iUOL._SY522_.jpg 365w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/61E0Ce4iUOL._SY522_-257x368.jpg 257w)
Susan Sontag,
Davanti al dolore degli altri,
2021![9788842823551_0_536_0_75](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/9788842823551_0_536_0_75-430x608.jpeg 430w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/9788842823551_0_536_0_75-261x368.jpeg 261w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/9788842823551_0_536_0_75.jpeg 536w)
John Berger,
Sul guardare,
2017![61eCvN3REJL._SY522_](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/61eCvN3REJL._SY522_.jpg 353w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/61eCvN3REJL._SY522_-249x368.jpg 249w)
Jacques Derrida ,
L’animale che dunque sono,
2021![518zQEOfZlL._SY522_](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/518zQEOfZlL._SY522_.jpg 310w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/518zQEOfZlL._SY522_-219x368.jpg 219w)
Anna Maria Ortese,
Le piccole persone,
2016![71BqHS0SHUL._SY522_](https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/71BqHS0SHUL._SY522_.jpg 313w, https://leporello-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/71BqHS0SHUL._SY522_-221x368.jpg 221w)
Frans de Waal,
Il bonobo e l’ateo,
2013Hours and Infos
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