The limited-edition zine We Had Dreams brings together photographs and letters from the 1950s to the 1980s - found at Yersin Market in Ho Chi Minh City - with images taken by the artists during several trips to Vietnam. In poetic, partly surreal compositions that juxtapose past and present, Leonid Keller constructs a subjective dramaturgy of tradition, romance, and nostalgia, with a particular focus on the individual within a fundamentally collective society. The zine is presented alongside related elements, including works on paper and sculpture.
We Had Dreams, 2014
Screeprint on Hahnemühle Natural Line
70 x 100 cm
edition of 3 unique prints
We Had Drams, 2014
edition of 25 zines, numbered and signed
sewn binding, open spine, soft cover, original photograph each
48 pages, 33 x 25 cm
selected spreads from We Had Dreams:
I, Van Lem, 2015
folded letter, screen print on backside of photograph
9 x 13 / 10 x 15 cm
I AM WRITING/ BECAUSE I CAN NOT FORGET/ TIME.TOGETHER/
WHEN WER ARRIVED/ I COULD NOT SAY A WORD/
I WILL NOT SEE YOU AGAIN
installation view, We Will Let You Know, 2015
I, Van Lem, framed
mahagoni, laquer, steel
newspaper, framed