This artist’s book brings together research, material fragments, chronologies, images and texts that have informed the Paris-based artist Eric Baudelaire's (born 1973) work process. Baudelaire engages histories of images, cinema, radical militancy and violence by or against the state.
Exploring the paradox of Abkhazia, the narrative delves into a territory that possesses all the attributes of a nation—borders, government, and culture—yet lacks legal recognition. This unique situation places Abkhazia in a liminal space, existing in a reality that is both tangible and elusive. The author's correspondence with Max serves as a metaphorical message in a bottle, highlighting the complexities of identity and existence in a region caught between recognition and obscurity.