Ann-Kathrin Müller & Judith Engel—Das SignalA Co-Creational Project

  • The books cover, white coated paper wrapped into a grey plastic coating, hand bound — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
    The books cover, white coated paper wrapped into a grey plastic coating, hand bound — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller

Concept and design with/for Ann-Kathrin Müllers and Judith Engels “Das Signal”. The 80-page book was offset-printed and hand-bound as a Swiss brochure. Published by Edition Taube.

  • The books cold opening — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
    The books cold opening — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
  • The books title — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
    The books title — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller

With her medium-format camera, Ann-Kathrin Müller takes us on a journey to a seemingly out-of-time seismological measuring station somewhere in eastern Germany. The black-and-white photographs, which show the interior of the station and the deserted surroundings, conjure up a diffusely haunting atmosphere.

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  • The images are often set to the edges and go over the books spine — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
    The images are often set to the edges and go over the books spine — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
  • Images and texts are combined alternately throughout the book, the used paper keeps changing every 8 pages — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
    Images and texts are combined alternately throughout the book, the used paper keeps changing every 8 pages — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
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Accompanied by Judith Engel’s short prose pieces, a patchy dialogue between images and texts emerges, blurring the lines between past and present, fact and fiction.

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  • The text is accompanied by a registrar that is running through out the prose parts — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
    The text is accompanied by a registrar that is running through out the prose parts — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
  • Every paragraph is starting according to the registrar — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
    Every paragraph is starting according to the registrar — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
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In the setting of this opaque world, “The Signal” questions the unambiguity of purely rational and scientific worldviews, repeatedly encountering a phenomenon that accompanies both science and photography in their search for evidence: Blur.

  • The books back cover, a grey plastic coating, hand bound — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller
    The books back cover, a grey plastic coating, hand bound — photo by Ann-Kathrin Müller

Details

Client Ann-Kathrin Müller & Judith Engel
Partners Ann-Kathrin Müller, Judith Engel, Studio Tillack Knöll
Size 220 × 330
Technique Offset print
URL https://www.editiontaube.de/produkt/das-signal/
ISBN 978-3-945900-87-1
Photo credit Ann-Kathrin Müller