Sébastien GirardINSTAGRAM RECORDINGS

Photographs: Sébastien Girard

Publisher: Self published

560 pages

Year: 2019

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We are away from the store until the last week of July - each order will be dispatched thereafter.

« This past Spring, and half the Summer, the iPhone became my studio. I signed up for Instagram. I pushed things aside. I made room. It was easy. I ignored Tumbler, and Facebook had never interested me. But Instagram… »

Richard Prince, Bird Talk, richardprince.com

Back in 2015 Richard Prince 1234 instagram account was a new daily dope. Richard Prince had just shown his « New Portraits series » at Gagosian New-York and he had started his new account Richard Prince 1234 on instagram. As its content was ephemeral, I was missing all of his posts, so i got this idea of setting up some automatic recordings. Two years passed away then the account shut down. I suddenly realized I had recorded an historical concert, a genius music played by Richard Prince himself. Time has come for an analog restitution of these 2 years of recordings : 2664 posts, 12 volumes, 560 pages, 2664 alternate record covers.

"Sébastien Girard"

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Set of 12 volumes of 48 pages, staple bind books, each one is packaged in a 12 inches (33T) record sleeve featuring one of the 2664 recorded images. So, 2664 possibilities. First edition of 150 copies. In excellent condition.