Sophia Pompéry (DE)

Sophia Pompéry

Full Stop, 2013

Print on embossed paper, 40 x 30 cm

Detail

The Full Stop edition features the final full stops from fifteen German love stories published over the last three centuries. Sophia Pompéry photographed the culminating full stop from the first original printed edition of each love story with the use of an optical and scanning electron microscope. The title of the novel was embossed in the paper. The project was realized in cooperation with the National Library of Berlin and the Rathgen Research Laboratory, the leading institution for conservation science, art technology, and archaeometry at the National Museums in Berlin. An acompanying catalogue was published within the scope of Goldrausch Art IT program, promoting emerging artists based in Berlin.