★Visible Publications

Tecnocreto, Gwenaël Rattke’s third book for Visible Publications, began during an extended stay in Mexico City in 2019. Collecting images and graphics, Rattke made daily collages in a large blank book to form a long, continuous montage. Upon his return home to Berlin, geometric shapes were airbrushed onto old, porous East German paper and incorporated into the work. Much of the book’s initial inspiration came from a 1970s construction company directory Rattke found in a second-hand bookstore in …