First Person
(Hard-Boiled)
Simon Endres
Type: Exhibition Catalague
Size: A4
Extent: 72 pages
Paper: 80gsm Uncoated for text; 115gsm Gloss Art for image sections; 80gsm Mondi IQ Colour (Medium Green & Coral Red) for inserted texts
Printing: Offset, full colour + black in Aotearoa
Binding: Saddle-stitched
First Person (Hard-Boiled) accompanies Simon Endres’ latest installation in a flood-damaged Ponsonby house. The project brings together life-sized sculptural figures, objects, architectural interventions and sound, forming what Endres describes as an “exploded self-portrait” and a proxy for our unsettled collective state of mind.
A newly published catalogue will be available alongside the exhibition, featuring commissioned writing and documentation of the work. Endres, who returned to Tāmaki Makaurau after two decades in New York, draws on identity politics, masculinity, social stratification and race with playful, materially inventive approaches across installation, photography, drawing and sculpture.
First Person (Hard-Boiled) is an exhibition catalogue, saddle-stitched and printed in full colour plus black. The text is set on 80gsm uncoated stock, with image sections on 115gsm gloss art to ensure crisp, vibrant reproduction of photographs. Offset printing provides precise colour fidelity, while the combination of paper stocks and saddle-stitch binding creates a tactile, layered reading experience that reflects the materiality and conceptual complexity of Simon Endres’ installation.