Blackbook Publications(Gothenburg)
Artist's Book Publisher
Contribution Lukas/Markus by Kalle Sanner
Blackbook Publications is an artist run publishing collective who, along with ll’Editions, co-published Lukas/Markus by Kalle Sanner.
Blackbook Publications is an artist book collective, established in Gothenburg in 2009. Since the start, they have published books and other printed material by interesting artist from the Scandinavian scene of contemporary photography. The collective is a group of artists, including Simon Berg, Emanuel Cederqvist, Kalle Sanner, Agnes Thor and Lotta Törnroth. To date, Blackbook Publications have published books and other printed material by artists from the scene of contemporary photography in Scandinavia. In addition to publications from the members of collective, Blackbook Publications have published books by artists such as Annika von Hausswolff and Linda Hofvander, Johan Markusson and Signe Vad.
In 2019, LL’Editions and Blackbook Publications co-published Kalle Sanner’s Lukas/Markus. The book is the result of a photographic project spanning over a decade. Located in the Western Cemetery in Gothenburg, architect Sven Brolid’s two mirrored chapels Saint Lukas and Saint Markus were designed and built in the 1960:s, the era when Swedish functionalism was at its very peak. A stark silhouette in the otherwise sparsely built-up cemetery, the building does little to blend in with its surroundings. However, there is harmony to be found in the fine tuned correspondence between the materials and in the considered, geometrical features giving the building its characteristic appearance.
Sanner’s images are complemented by an essay by social researcher Karl Palmås. The clothbound hardcover is embossed, with partial, transparent foil, echoing the facade of Sven Brolid’s building. The book was designed by acclaimed Swedish design studio Lundgren+Lindqvist. The book was one of five nominees for the Swedish Photobook Prize in 2019.
