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The artistic book was created in a unique collaboration between the illustrator Dorota Stefan, and the poet Magdalena Wrona. Sketches of illustrations were the inspiration for the poetry, which then became the final image. Each of the authors refers to the same dramatic events using the tool of artistic expression she knows the best. Although the authors worked almost independently, the story is coherent. Its subject is ourselves and our inability to adapt to nature, which leads to catastrophic consequences.
Each illustration in this book is one second in a rhythmic countdown to the apocalyptic end of the human world. The illustrations with the accompanying poems create a homogenous story about us as a species seen through the eyes of other inhabitants of our planet and by the Earth itself. The story prompts reflection on the awareness of man's role in the ecosystem.
Dorota & Magdalena, photo by Robert Sulej
36 + 4 pages, illustrations printed on the Pergraphica Classic Smooth paper by Kolorowy Zawrót Głowy printing house in Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
Stitching with black thread.
Gabriola Font.
Sketches for illustrations
I sincerely appreciate Grzegorz Jaworski, a person of extraordinary sensitivity, for supervising the project.
The work is a part of the diploma at the Warsaw School of Arts. It was awarded the highest honor.
Photo by Robert Sulej
Please, contact me if you would like to buy a book. The total income from the sale will go to the statutory activities of the Pracowni na rzecz Wsztkich Istot - to activities whose aim is protecting the wild nature.
Thank you :)
