Lonneke van der Palen presents her first photo book

On Thursday 13 June Lonneke van der Palen will present her first photo book Lemons Gazing at Mount Etna in FOAM.

Both a portable exhibition and a living archive, Lemons Gazing at Mount Etna brings together Lonneke van der Palen’s visual investigations. Premised upon the vernacular of the everyday, Van der Palen’s magnification of details transforms found objects—such as a plastic chair or stray shopping bag—into the protagonists of material culture.

Inspired by our interactions with objects, the publication playfully engages the reader in a game of association by experimenting with presentation and sequencing. Considering alternative aesthetic modes through the artefacts of contemporary life, Lemons Gazing at Mount Etna is motivated by a renewed way of seeing.

This publication is produced in close collaboration with Free Pony Press, designed by Our Polite Society and generously supported by the Mondriaan Fonds and Jaap Harten Fonds 2024.