Me from behind
Guðrún Arndís Tryggvadóttir 1981

From the series Birthmarks and DIN formats / Me as a 120 page Pocket book, from front and behind.

Serie: 60 black & white photographs DIN A6 (10,5x14,8 cm)
Photographed on 4 negatives with an Hasselblatt camera.
Assistant photographer: Herbert Rometsch.

The work on birthmarks and DIN formats consists of full size photos of Guðrún, cut into the DIN (Deutsche Industrie Normen) formats where her birthmarks play a significant role as important points or scientific subjects, which puts human decisions on agendas, many which don't matter at all or are at least of questionable importance and value, in a new and humorous light.
The subject, the human being, is here forced into the formats it puts everything else in, that is the DIN formats.

The exhibition on the birthmarks and DIN formats consists of three series of black & white photos and photocopies, a book project and a catalogue.

1. Photos DIN A2- DIN A9 - Guðrún Tryggvadóttir from back.
2. Photos DIN A6 - Guðrún Tryggvadóttir from front and back.
3. Photos and photocopies DIN A4. Me, to me, from me via POSTE RESTANTE - Mail Art. Guðrún Tryggvadóttir from back.
4. Me in DIN A6 - Book work. A pocket book of Guðrún Tryggvadóttir in DIN A6 from front and back. 120 pages. Published in 10 photocopied, handmade and signed copies.
5. A catalogue with texts, photos, photo copies and mixed media. 120 pages. Published in 2 handmade and signed copies.

On the first page of the catalogue says:

This book is about
that part of me
that faces the outer world.

This book is about
my points and dots
that face the outer world.

Body, skin, birthmarks, sizes, formats, distances, constellations, self-examination, world view, narrow mindedness, broad mindedness, upscaling, downscaling, simplification, multiplication, view points, change, thoughts, sorting out and judging,  putting into perspective, taking out of context, counting in, projecting, moving, etc.

Owner: Guðrún Arndís Tryggvadóttir