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Jindřich Štreit: Where is my home

Photobook-object. Starring Jindřich Štreit, homeless people and corrugated cardboard.

Author: wo-men

EUR 3,874
pledged of EUR 1,974

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196% completed

100 contributors pledged

Art, Photography

All or nothing. Project finished on Sep 10, 2016 at 11:05.

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Jindřich Štreit has decided to celebrate his 70th birthday with an art project that shifts the conception of a classical photography book toward an interactive object.

The theme of the project Where Is My Home is homeless people. For the last four years, Jindra of Sovinec has been photographing them intensively. He has arranged the outcome of the work into a series which he symbolically encased in a cardboard box and fastened with twine. Why a box? The concept of this book–object in fact draws on materials well known to people lacking a home. In the darkest moments, these are the materials that become their possessions, cornerstones of their transitory homes.

We are releasing the book–object into two parallel worlds. Where Is My Home travels both to people who possess a dwelling and to those who do not exactly have one. Yet the owners and giftees of the book will be able to enjoy it all in the same way, regardless of their social status. You can use the book–object to decorate your place; it slips easily onto a bookshelf – and thereby keeps its looks – or it can be taken apart into its constituent elements which may be gifted or used as a medium of exchange.

For the greater part of his creative life, Jindřich Štreit has been engaged in the portraiture of unique milieus and their inhabitants. Yet he does not try to forcefully aestheticize powerful social themes, but rather documents the world as it is. His approach to the photographed subjects remains humane. Thanks to this, he is able to successfully overstep the boundaries of private spaces. And thanks to that we are able to glimpse something more. In this box, too.

Bonus number 1

You can choose your copy of Where is my home according to the title photo or the number. Every book-object is signed and numbered by Jindřich Štreit himself. Follow the number updates at www.by-wo-men.com.

Choose a book cover:

A  B 

C  D 

E  F 

Book specifications:

cardboard box
91 photos printed on Munken Lynx 250 g
original photo cover
twine
essay about homeless people by sociologist Jiří Siostrzonek
poster included

Bonus number 2

The book-object is supported by unique project of the cap homelesska Drömm. The unisex and unisize cap is handmade from the alpaca wool and silk in Severní Morava. The project reflects the contrast between the social fashion and luxury. Choose your favourite colour.

1. smetanová  2. světle šedá  3. šedá  

4. světle béžová 5. béžová  6. vřesová  

7. pudrově růžová  8. fuchsiová  9. fialová  

10. džínově modrá  11. světle tyrkysová  12. antracitová 

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  • remaining 98 from 100
    Book Labor Camp Barbora

    The former book project by Jindřich Štreit, Barbora Baronová and Václav Hlaváček. The story of the survivor of the communistic labor camp in Jáchymov. English version included. Available only in the Czech Republic, personal delivery.

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    Book Where is my home + shipping (Czech Republic)

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    EUR 30.68
    (CZK 777)

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    Cap homelesska Drömm

    Buy your own alpaca unisex and unisize cap called homelesska Drömm. Choose your cap colour. Available only in the Czech Republic, personal delivery.

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    EUR 35.53
    (CZK 900)

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    Labor Camp Barbora + Where is my home

    Purchase your copy of Labor Camp Barbora and Where is my home. Available only in the Czech Republic, personal delivery.

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    EUR 39.44
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    Cap homelesska Drömm + shipping (Czech Republic)

    Buy your own alpaca unisex and unisize cap called homelesska Drömm. Choose your cap colour. Available only in the Czech Republic, postal delivery. In case of your interest please add 15 euros extra for shipping abroad.

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    EUR 39.44
    (CZK 999)

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    Book Where is my home + shipping abroad

    New project by photographer Jindřich Štreit about Czech homeless people. The book-object consists of 90 printed photos situated into the cardboard box with various photo motives on it. The box contains also large poster with the English essay about homeless people by Czech sociologist Jiří Siostrzonek. Boxes are numbered and signed. Choose your own number and add it as the message. Follow the number updates at www.by-wo-men.com.

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    EUR 48.24
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    Where is my home + cap homelesska Drömm + shipping (Czech Republic)

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    EUR 65.77
    (CZK 1,666)

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    Limited edition

    This limited edition is available only in the Czech Republic, personal delivery.

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    EUR 394.75
    (CZK 9,999)

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    Limited edition + shipping abroad

    Book-object as the limited edition. Only 10 pieces available. The numbered box (numbers ranging from 10 to 50) contains the original enlargement from the edition of 50 signed by Jindřich štreit himself and the golden embossing on the cardboard. Plus the special alpaca cap called homeless Drömm. Unisex. Unisize. Choose your cap colour and the number of the box and add the information as the note. Follow the number updates at www.by-wo-men.com.

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    EUR 438.65
    (CZK 11,111)

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