GEORGS AVETISJANS

George Avetisyan ©

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Photobook dummy /
Motherland, Far Beyond the Polar Circle
2018 - 2021

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The first edition of this dummy was produced in association with the Photobook Masterclass 2021 with Paulius Petraitis (Paul Paper) by Kaunas Photography Gallery and Parallel – European Photo Based Platform.

The dummies were sewn and bound by Andrėja Taranda and Elachi, silkscreen and riso print by Gabrielė Gudaitytė, Hands on Press and the boxes were made by Inga Navickaitė Drasutė, Hands on Press in Kaunas, Lithuania

The dummies with the inclusive materials were printed at iPrint, Popieriaus salonas and Hands on Press (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Edition of 2
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Photobook dummy /
Krunk. The Crane that flew over the Fatherland
2018 - ongoing

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The first edition of this dummy is produced in association with the 2018 ISSP Photobook as Object
workshop by Yumi Goto and Jan Rosseel.

Edition of 2
Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / 2nd Limited Edition / Published by Milda Books July 2018

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / 2nd Limited Edition / Published by Milda Books July 2018

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / 2nd Limited Edition / Published by Milda Books July 2018

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / 2nd Limited Edition / Published by Milda Books July 2018

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / 2nd Limited Edition / Published by Milda Books July 2018
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / 2nd Limited Edition / Published by Milda Books July 2018
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / 2nd Limited Edition / Published by Milda Books July 2018
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / 2nd Limited Edition / Published by Milda Books July 2018
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / 2nd Limited Edition / Published by Milda Books July 2018
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / 2nd Limited Edition / Published by Milda Books July 2018
Homeland. The Longest Village in the Country
2015 - 2018

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Second limited edition of 750, first printing

Available:

Milda Books Online Bookstore

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230 x 280 mm
Silk-screen printed hardback clothbound with blind letterpress
174 pages / including foldout pages
128 photographs / including archives
Memory Book / 44 pages
Newspaper / 24 pages

Published November 2018 by Milda Books

ISBN 978-9934-8748-0-2

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About the project

'Homeland. The Longest Village in the Country' (2015-2018) is a multi-layered photographic narrative in a form of a photobook with cross-references like hyperlinks to additionally inserted stories connected to the subjects and landscape. The book is about the village where my Armenian-Greek father once had a dream to build a house for our family, but unfortunately couldn’t finish it as he passed away when I was only 6 months young.

The project explores the sea, the land and memories, how the time affects and changes our sense of a place at the same time serving a nostalgic representation of the village in Latvia - Kaltene and its recent history from World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 via interviews, notes and archival imagery. As the Iron curtain fell, the local economy changed and upon joining the EU in 2004, it changed again. These historical shifts made a huge impact on the society and its dreams, many of which the younger generations have abandoned.

The place is located between the forest and the sea about 100 km northwest of the capital Riga. In the latter half of the 19th century and early 20th century it was the second most productive village in the country as 55 seagoing sailing ships were built there.
Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016

Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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  Georgs Avetisjans - Homeland / Handmade 1st Limited Edition / Self-published September 2016
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This book and its two inserts are part of the first, 30-piece limited edition

The four special editions were sewn, bound and hard covered

by Hannah Moore and Stewart Graham-Hyde in Lewes, England

The remaining 26 editions were sewn, bound and hard covered

by Georgs Avetisjans in Brighton, England

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Self-published September 2016

Hardback clothbound

163 pages (including foldout pages)

118 photographs (including archives)

Memory Book : 44 pages

Newspaper : 36 pages

195 x 230 mm (portrait)

Homeland, the book was printed at L&S Printing (Worthing, England)

Memory Book and Newspaper, the inserts were printed at Prontaprint (Brighton, England)

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The four special editions are SOLD OUT!

The first limited edition - £175 / €195 / $225

SOLD OUT!

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Special price £145 was available @ Photoworks/ Brighton Photo Biennial (BPB) and Brighton Photo Fringe Publishers' Market

Event Dates: 22 – 23 October 2016

Venue: Phoenix Brighton, 10-14 Waterloo Place, Brighton BN2 9NB

Public Opening times: 11:00 – 17:00 on both days

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Last copy £200 / €230 / $250 was available @ PhotoQ Bookshop, Amsterdam

Adress: PhotoQ Bookshop, Wijdesteeg 3A, 1012 RN Amsterdam, Netherlands

Opening times: 12:00 – 18:00 from Tuesday to Sunday