Mengelwerk (Miscellania)

In 'Poèmes fabuleus', Marjolein Blom (NL) explores the closure of an antiquarian bookshop in Middelburg (NL). The shop serves as the starting point for an investigation into the value of chance encounters, physical experiences, and material knowledge in an increasingly digital world. Rather than documenting the shop, the publication presents an artistic reinterpretation of its collection and atmosphere. Photographs made inside the bookshop are printed onto pages salvaged from discarded books and combined with illustrations from the collection. Like the bookshop itself, Poèmes fabuleux becomes a layered object that invites readers to wander, make connections, and discover meaning without a predetermined path.