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Dialogue with Limestones

Lithography Project

Adoka Niitsu, The Stone said:, 2013

Piece of lithographic limestone from Solnhofen, Germany, Stone size 10.5 x 11cm, Lithography on Japanese paper, Printed at IDEM Paris. Box size 30 x 30 cm : Mirror, Acrylic plate, 2013/ Installation view of exhibition "GREEN SPACE - Le jardin souterrain" at Saint-Germain-des-Prés Métro station, Paris
Adoka Niitsu, Chez Idem

Experimental process of lithography using limestone collected by Niitsu Adoka in Solnhofen, Germany. Photo at Lithography Print Studio Atelier IDEM, Paris, 2013.

Dialogue with Limestones

18th February 2013
I started experimenting with making lithographic prints using limestone from my trip. Polishing smoothly, drawing on the surface… it was like a dialogue and collaboration with each small stone.

The stone said:
"For 145 million years, I've been dreaming of a garden full of strange and beautiful plants while waiting for you in the deep underground."