MEDEA

Published by: Libraryman, 2023
Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: New

Medea is a collaborative artist’s book bringing together musician and writer Patti Smith with composer and sound artist Stephan Crasneanscki. Published by Libraryman in 2023, the volume merges photography, poetic text, and atmospheric imagery inspired by the mythological figure of Medea.

Drawing from the ancient Greek tragedy, the project reinterprets Medea through a contemporary visual and literary lens. Smith’s text evokes themes of exile, transformation, and emotional intensity, while Crasneanscki’s visual material constructs a haunting landscape that moves between myth, memory, and symbolic narrative.

Rather than presenting a conventional retelling of the myth, the book approaches Medea as a poetic meditation blending classical reference with contemporary artistic practice. The result is a quiet, atmospheric publication characteristic of Libraryman’s refined approach to artist books and photographic editions.

Medea stands as a contemporary intersection of literature, photography, and music, uniting two artists whose work consistently explores myth, spirituality, and the emotional resonance of image and language.