Heiko Michael Hartmann // Im Hochhaus

The idea for this book is based on a radio report on July 29, 2010, about finding the mummified corpse of Sogen Kato (111) – a bizarre case of pension fraud.

Letterpress print from polymer plates and barrier tape on bicchu-ganpi paper.
5 gatefold sheets in a wrapped cover made from GA file, with silkscreened cases of pension fraud in Japan in 2010 and 2011.
Case made of silkscreen-printed GA file.
Banderole made from gecko tape, title silkscreened.
First edition of the German text.
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15 x 37 cm (closed), 103 x 37 cm (open)
Edition of 36 copies using Arabic numerals and 4 copies using Roman numerals
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Tokyo, 2011