MAY 15 • BOOK LAUNCH – Ossada by Gui Marcondes
Join us for the book launch of Ossada by Gui Marcondes preceded by a conversation with Zach Ritter.
"The expanse of the desert of machines, unfinished construction sites, and the swelling population of cities move us towards the patterns of architected chaos. In these visible and invisible manifestations of the anatomy of structures, the construction of "Ossada," combining photographs, charcoal drawings, and mathematically generated images, presents the accelerated expansion of territories that build the foundations of their own abandonment. Within the regime of emptiness imposed by the deserted spaces of the ruins, Gui Marcondes confronts the planned abyss of the metropolis, blurring the boundaries of what is rubble and what was manually erected - the perforations in the urban fabric of what was once dreamt of. Walking through the morphological patterns of the cement blocks composed of their crumbling, the memory of human activity remains incubated in the organic and inorganic material that transforms its necropolis; the belief that reshaping the world would lead us to paradise has collapsed."
– Alix Breda
Gui Marcondes is a visual artist from Brazil, living between New York and São Paulo.
Marcondes studied Architecture and Urban Planning before working as a graphic designer and illustrator until eventually turning to filmmaking. Marcondes was a visiting artist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he led a workshop on Narrative Spaces in Film and Games. Since then, he has been a permanent MIT Creative Arts Competition jury member. His ongoing multidisciplinary project, "The Marble and The Myrtle,” about pre-colonial South American history, was invited to the Magnum Photos Development Workshop with Moises Saman and Paul Moakley. His latest photobook, "I know I exist because you imagine me," was published in 2023 by Nearest Truth Editions. A solo exhibition based on the work of the book opened in 2024 at the Museu da Imagem e do Som (MIS) in São Paulo.
26x19cm, 80 pages.
Risography in black and fluorescent orange inks on Color Plus Roma 120gsm paper, cover in offset with silver ink over Color Plus Dubai 180gsm paper.
Open spine binding.
Edition of 200.
Gui Marcondes is a visual artist from Brazil, living between New York and São Paulo.