333 - Lukas Rehm - De Best Verzorgde Boeken

333 is a monograph disguised as a graphic novel – an approach that is highly appropriate to Lukas Rehm’s narrative video work. The mix of stills, drawings, text fragments (transcriptions) and descriptions is interwoven through this form to make up an intriguing, atmospheric whole. The execution is sublime. The work in the interior is testament to great skill in the use of fluorescent inks, and the black really is pitch black. For purposes of distinguishing between them, different Pantone colours are used for the various chapters: one in fluorescent red, another fluorescent green, yet another fluorescent blue and several sections are in CMYK plus Pantone silver. The pages feel extremely lively, with well-achieved contrast. The highly detailed foil printing on the cover is impressively rendered. There is also a multimedia element: Rehm has created a soundscape to accompany each chapter, and this can be activated using a QR code. A tasteful addition that adds still further to the tactile and sensory experience of this book. All told, this well-made and thought-out book is a powerful example of how the experience of moving images can convincingly be translated into book form.