Antrum

Rio Staelens

Dimensions 240 × 160 mm
printrun

print-run 200 copies

Cover

softcover

binding

open thread binding

printing

digital printing

Format

240 x 160 mm

coverage

72 pages

Design by

Design by Rio Staelens and Bodo Peeters

language

English / French / Dutch

Publisher

self published

year

2018

30,00 

VAT exempted according to UStG §19
Delivery Time: ca. 10 workdays

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In her book Antrum Rio Staelens showcases images of various „Lourdes grottos“ surrounded by their specific flora. As replicas of The Grotto of Massabielle, part of a Catholic sanctuary in the french city of Lourdes, the Lourdes grottos were re-built in the 19th and 20th centuries in various places, including Belgium. An artificial cave surrounded by a specific rock formation, accompanied by a niche for a statue of Saint Mary, sometimes provided with an altar, these caves represent an important place of local pilgrimage of Catholic believers. Rio Staelens: “Covered by mosses, ferns and rock plants, these sculptures have become one with nature. Often surrounded by exuberant exotic plants, a distant world that shows us the remains of a religious culture is evoked. Like the caves, which are reproductions and therefore a lie, the photographs project an image that is an illusion. A fantasy.“