A substantial and unusually dense artist book built from Matthew Peers' iPhone image files documenting wishing wells across different locations — indoors and outdoors, across changing weather and light conditions. The first half reproduces these digital files as full-colour pages, with corresponding dates printed on the left-hand page, giving the sequence the feeling of a diaristic archive or image ledger. The second half shifts into four sets of video stills taken from phone clips, producing a subtle flip-book effect as movement is slowed into print.
As an object, Wishing Wells sits somewhere between photo archive, time-based document, and sculptural publication. Its thickness and handheld-marked plastic case give it a slightly industrial, provisional character — close to systems of storage, transit, and personal record-keeping. The first title published by The New Rare Editions, it functions as both a publication and a kind of portable exhibition space.
Format: Artist book in plastic case Size: 14.8 × 21 × 5.5 cm Pages: Approx. 1,000 pages, full colour, digitally printed Case: Plastic container with title printed by handheld printer
