{"id":815,"date":"2024-04-07T08:32:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T08:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/?page_id=815"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:59:29","slug":"melting-point-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/?page_id=815","title":{"rendered":"Melting Point"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hand-bound artist book, 2023<br>36 pages\u00a0<br>Hard cover (hand bound)<br>Edition of 3<br>Size: 24,8&#215;20,4 cm\u00a0(pages 23,7&#215;19,7 cm)<br>Technique: Layered laser print on natural white 120g Dor\u00e9e Universal paper (acid and wood free).\u00a0Pages are treated with fixative in spray (without UV protection). <br><br>Each page of the book is made by layering multiple laser prints on a single sheet. I blend different visual sources, such as photos of collected plastic waste, photos of found stones, or images of various everyday plastic objects found in online stores. Each visual element intertwines and connects like sediments. The book follows up on the series of paintings Mermaid&#8217;s Tears (2022). The main impulse for both was a new type of fossilized rock called plastiglomerate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melting Point was presented in SUPERMARKET 2023 \u2013 Stockholm Independent Art Fair<strong> <\/strong>by MUU in their selection of artists\u2019 books and text-based video works that offer reflections on paradise, a view of digital history, tales of travel and a surreal detective story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Melting-Point.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-2-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#212cc3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Melting Point, layerd laser print on natural white 120g Dor\u00e9e Universal paper, 24,8&#215;20,4 cm, 2023<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1203\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2-2-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2-2-520x626.jpg 520w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2-2-768x924.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#212cc3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Page10<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1203\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/3-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/3-2-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/3-2-520x626.jpg 520w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/3-2-768x924.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#212cc3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Page 26<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1206\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4-2-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4-2-520x627.jpg 520w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4-2-768x926.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#212cc3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Page 4<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hand-bound artist book, 202336 pages\u00a0Hard cover (hand bound)Edition of 3Size: 24,8&#215;20,4 cm\u00a0(pages 23,7&#215;19,7 cm)Technique: Layered laser print on natural white 120g Dor\u00e9e Universal paper (acid and wood free).\u00a0Pages are treated with fixative in spray (without UV protection). Each page of the book is made by layering multiple laser prints on a single sheet. 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