PATTI SMITH, STÉPHAN CRASNEANSCKI & PHILIPPE GRANDRIEUX - MEDEA

Artists: Stéphan Crasneanscki, Patti Smith, Philippe Grandrieux
Edited and designed by: Tony Cederteg, Paris
Translations from French: Rachel Valinsky
Publisher: Libraryman, Stockholm

Year: 2023. First edition, one of 1,000 copies.
Format: Paperbound hardcover, linen-thread bound, beige headband; title in white foil on front cover and spine. Offset printed.
Dimensions: 24 × 29 cm
Pages: 256, with 157 color plates
Language: English
ISBN: 978-91-88113-68-9
Condition: Brand new, without any defects.

Published by Libraryman, Stockholm, in 2023, this limited first edition brings together the work of Stéphan Crasneanscki, Patti Smith, and Philippe Grandrieux in a publication that moves between photography, cinema, sound, and the act of collecting.

At the center of the book is Crasneanscki's practice of gathering and preserving fragments of cultural memory. His work approaches objects, images, and recordings not simply as archival material, but as traces of lives, encounters, and histories that continue to resonate beyond their original context.

The presence of Patti Smith introduces a distinctly poetic and autobiographical dimension, while Philippe Grandrieux's contribution extends the publication toward the language of cinema and the physical experience of the image. Together, these perspectives create a dialogue between artists whose practices are grounded in atmosphere, memory, and the relationship between the visible and the intangible.

Edited and designed by Tony Cederteg in Paris, with translations from French by Rachel Valinsky, the volume is conceived as a carefully considered object. Its 256 pages contain 157 color plates, reproduced in an offset-printed edition with linen-thread binding, a beige headband, and white-foil titling on the cover and spine.

Limited to 1,000 hand-numbered copies, this first edition reflects Libraryman's continued engagement with artists whose work exists at the intersection of contemporary image-making, literature, music, and experimental culture. A substantial and materially refined publication, it is both an artist-led document and a meditation on the ways cultural memory is collected, transformed, and preserved.