home and back - 2003

New York:: Eleonora Gomez Bas,, 2003.. Edition of 3. 6 x 9" closed; extends to 114". Text in Spanish and English. Inkjet printing on archival paper. Concertina binding. Numbered. Includes separate colophon "a brief note on the content of this book". Eleonora Gomez Bas: "'Home and Back / Entrehogares' combines a poem in Spanish and English throughout the book, with accompanying photographs taken during my life in Caracas (Venezuela), and New York City.  "Having left my home country to move to Venezuela at 10, and later on moving to the United States at 24, attachment, separation, impermanence and adaptation have been major themes in my life since an early age. In my work 'Home and Back / Entrehogares', I use images and poetry to explore my journey of adaptation over the course of the past twenty years. Images blend into each other, depicting a process where I flow from place to place, sometimes more seamlessly than others. Words reflect my search for a sense of self in connection to my place in the world, my home.  "Because of its particular binding structure,' Home and Back / Entrehogares' allows the reader to explore the content through many different combinations, perhaps choosing their own personal journey throughout the book. The concertina binding allows the reader to pull the book open in a way that will display all 16 images next to each other to form one single 9 1/2 ft long image, both front-to-back, and back-to-front.