Editorial Reviews
Miles Unger, The New York Times
"It has often been seen that truth is stranger than fiction, for Kahn and Selesnick, when the two get mixed. . ."
Book Description
This limited-edition publication is limited to 1500 copies. Each book is signed and numbered and presented in a cloth slipcase. When opened, the book extends to display panoramic spreads almost three feet wide. Eight four-page velum inserts are interspersed throughout, the transparency of which emphasizes the delicate separation between worlds real and imagined.
In the world of Scotlandfuturebog, photographers Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick construct a strange and beautiful world that they describe as being of "infinite promise that cannot possibly be described or communicated except by direct experience." The characters we meet are bogdwellers, sole inhabitants of a planet emptied by an apocalyptic event. Left to perform obscure ceremonies in a terrain that is as intriguing as it is uninviting, the bogdwellers exist in a historical vacuum. The viewer's imagination will soar, creating personal pretexts for the masked characters and the strange rituals they conduct.
Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick, born in New York City and London, respectively, have been collaborating for more than a decade. They have exhibited internationally, in such galleries as Monique Knowlton, New York, Pepper Gallery, Boston, and The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, England. Their work is held in the collections of The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as well as many private collections.
Scotlandfuturebog also features an original work of fiction by Ben Marcus. Marcus's second novel, Notable American Women, was published in March 2002 by Vintage. Contributions to BOMB, Harper's, McSweeney's, and the Village Voice have established him as one of the most exciting and imaginative writers working today.
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