Surfing the Black. Yugoslav Black Wave Cinema…

Book coverSurfing the Black. Yugoslav Black Wave Cinema…
Book coverSurfing the Black. Yugoslav Black Wave Cinema…
Book coverSurfing the Black. Yugoslav Black Wave Cinema…
Book coverSurfing the Black. Yugoslav Black Wave Cinema…

A publication from the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, on the subject of Yugoslav Black Wave cinema: films of the sixties and seventies that were then socially and politically highly engaged but are now too little known.

The book is convincing in its modesty and well attuned to the subject in its design. The cover of paper folded double, the paper chosen for the book block, and the manner of its binding all add up to a volume that lies well in the hand with pages that fall open easily.

The lucid typography has two textual layers, one printed in black, the other in red. The matt paper alternates with glossy paper cut slightly short so as to create an entertaining effect at the fore-edge. Most of the photographs are printed in black on the glossy paper, the rest in red on the matt.

Edition: 2012
Language: English
Final editor: Gal Kirn, Dubravka Sekulić, Žiga Testen
Publisher: Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
Graphic designer: Žiga Testen
Lithographer: Jan van Eyck Academie (Jo Frenken)
Printer: Drukkerij Tielen, Boxtel
Binder: Hexspoor, Boxtel
Size book block (w x h x d in mm): 167 x 243 x 14
Number of pages: 216 p.
Print run: 300
Price: € 22
ISBN: 978 90 72076 51 9
Font and foundry: Times New Roman Seven
Binding style: sewn soft cover, cold glued, dust jacket folded in the American style
Material: 90gsm Munken Print White 1.5, 100gsm Royal Print (interior), 300gsm Munken Print White 1.5 (cover), 90gsm Munken Print White 1.5 (dust jacket)