Heat of Sand
Satoshi Tsuchiyama
Witty Books, Landskrona Foto Publishing and Breadfield Press
English, Arabic, Hebrew and Japanese
Softcover
Edition of 350
108 pages
230 x 300 mm
2022
ISBN 9791280177148
After living for several years in the chaos of influences that is New York, the visual artist Satoshi Tsuchiyama realized that it is Israel that is the world’s hub for contemporary dance. His experiences of working with both dance and Jewish artefacts fused together. Questions arose in his head: Since the political situation has long been unstable in this religiously and culturally rich region, what kind of normal everyday life can be found there? What colours and scents does a country like this retain, and how do the dancers appear and move under the influence of an environment like this? He decided to go there to witness the extraordinary on a daily basis.
During his four visits to Israel and Palestine in 2017–19, he wandered in scorching sand and graffiti-filled streets, climbed to the collapsing top floor of the art school. He followed the desires of his eyes. The dancers he met came from all over the world, but they seemed to share the same mood, the same force that oozed out of the ground. And one and the same aura accompanied their bodies in a common direction. He avoided all the areas at high risk of terror, but death and the random character of life were present wherever he went. The energy of the inhabitants to survive was strong, and he experienced a singular beauty in this raw, tough and vulnerable ordeal of perseverance and adaptation.
(source: https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/62042/)
About the artist
Satoshi Tsuchiyama is a Japanese visual artist and photographer currently based in New York City. The subjects he photographs are portraits with movement, still life objects, and landscapes in multicultural locations such as New York, Japan, Israel-Palestine, and Venezuela.
satoshitsuchiyama.com
(source: https://satoshitsuchiyama.com/ABOUT)
About the Publishers
Witty Books is an independent publishing house that aims to promote contemporary photography and visual arts. Was founded in 2012 with the name of Witty Kiwi by Tommaso Parrillo.
witty-books.com
(source: https://witty-books.com/About)
Landskrona Foto is the collective name for a center for the photographic image that spans areas such as exhibitions, events, photo history, photo books and residency . The most important element, the one we call ‘The highlight of Photography’ is our festival where the love of photography, dedication, and commitment to Landskrona as the meeting place of photography reaches its crescendo.
landskronafoto.org
(source: https://www.landskronafoto.org/en/organisation/)
Breadfield Press is a publishing house which focuses on examining and understanding different elements of photography projects, from the conceptualization stage through to creation and eventually dissemination.
breadfield.com
(source: https://breadfield.com/pages/about)
