Primus
(End of March 2021: Quarantine starting to lift)
Right after I had finished painting the wall at Sisi’s house, the quarantine finally started to ease up a little.
People were now allowed to travel around the region in which they lived.
Joy oh joy!
After been stuck indoors for so long, all I wanted to do was walk around freely outside, meet/reconnect with people and maybe eat lunch at a nice bistro in the sunshine.
The closest city to where I was staying was magical, beautiful Venice.
And so took hold the idea to go to Venice and see if Bloom could be reproduced in some other format.
Thus began a collaboration with Vanessa and Tiziano, owners of Doppio Fondo.
”DoppioFondo is an artistic and cultural association founded in 2014 in Venice, an art printing laboratory and independent publishing house.”
I drew a new composition, made transparencies, bought some beautiful heavy paper and together we made a limited edition silkscreen series. 3 colors, 100 prints in 2 days.
E Voilà! The first Bloom sellable: Primus
They have been numbered and stamped.
Limited edition, high-quality, one-of-a-kind, probably not be produced ever again ;)
Available online or at Zaratan Bookstore in Siracusa, Sicily
(how they ended up in Siracusa is another story for another day)
