Coloniantarctical: A Short History of Modern Antarctica
Coloniantarctical – A Short History of Modern Antarctica is a limited‐edition artists book takes us on an expedition to Antarctica through layers of imagery, text and facts. It asks us to consider the future of the ice continent. Each copy includes an unique hand‐cut pop‐up artwork that can be displayed separately.
Coloniantarctical – A Short History of Modern Antarctica served as a companion piece to the video installation Wandering Icebergs, in which a family of personified icebergs journey through forests and streams looking for a new home. The book combines archival images of Antarctica over the last 100 years with the artist‘s texts into a cohesive work that invites reflection on the future of Antarctica.
This book is part of the ongoing Antarctica Project.
Artist: Penelope Richardson
Text: Penelope Richardson
Edition: 21 books and pop-ups signed by the artist
Munich, 2025
Three‐colour Risography printed artists' book with hand‐cut and assembled pop‐up insert, wax thread, acetate cover
Printed and bound in the artists studio by the imprint Slowkunst
Text in English
Book: 32‐pages including covers, 24 cm x 19 cm
Pop‐up artwork insert: 34 x 23 5 cm
ISBN: 978‐3‐912208‐00‐9
The book was launched during the Poetic Maps exhibition, a MYCELIAart project in the Kulturwerkstatt Haus 10 in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany.
Coloniantarctical – A Short History of Modern Antarctica served as a companion piece to the video installation Wandering Icebergs, in which a family of personified icebergs journey through forests and streams looking for a new home. The book combines archival images of Antarctica over the last 100 years with the artist‘s texts into a cohesive work that invites reflection on the future of Antarctica.
This book is part of the ongoing Antarctica Project.
Artist: Penelope Richardson
Text: Penelope Richardson
Edition: 21 books and pop-ups signed by the artist
Munich, 2025
Three‐colour Risography printed artists' book with hand‐cut and assembled pop‐up insert, wax thread, acetate cover
Printed and bound in the artists studio by the imprint Slowkunst
Text in English
Book: 32‐pages including covers, 24 cm x 19 cm
Pop‐up artwork insert: 34 x 23 5 cm
ISBN: 978‐3‐912208‐00‐9
The book was launched during the Poetic Maps exhibition, a MYCELIAart project in the Kulturwerkstatt Haus 10 in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany.
Kulturwerkstatt Haus 10, Fürstenfeldbruck 2025; Dibulti Art Station, Latvia, 2026