I MET, 2004

Basel 2015
I MET

michèle didier

On Kawara I MET, 2004 12 volumes
 Total 4790 pages
 21 x 14.8 cm each
 Black wooden slipcase, 57.3 x 19.2 x 25.8 cm
 Limited edition of 90 numbered and signed copies and 10 artist’s proofs
 Produced and published in 2004 by Editions Micheline Szwajcer & Michèle Didier  ©2004 On Kawara and Editions Micheline Szwajcer & Michèle Didier "I MET" belongs to On Kawara’s Trilogy. During twelve years, from May 10, 1968 to September 17, 1979, the artist noted every day the names of the people with whom he conversed in chronological order. This work was published as a twelve-volume edition. On each page, the list of names appears together with the day’s stamp in the footnote. Geographical location changes are signaled by grey page dividers with the city’s name. Raising fundamental questions regarding name, encounter, time or space, "I MET" creates a poetry of the moment by provoking the feeling that each day is like an empty page before it is transcribed in book-matter.