Displace
Limited edition artist book using soils as pigments
2023

Displace explores the process of entering into a dialogue with soil as a living entity. It offers an intimate insight into Elena Khurtova’s artistic research and process during her residency at 3bisF, on the site of Montperrin Psychiatric hospital in Aix-en-Provence, and delves into her personal connection with displaced soils.

Extending the sensitive experience of touching red and yellow soils into the materiality of the book, Elena Khurtova and graphic designer Tariq Heijboer experiment with those very soils as pigments for a duo-colour offset printed book. With essays by writer Amelia Groom and the artist, Displace addresses the materiality of soil through an interplay of imagery, text and tactiliy.

Book information


ISBN 978-94-92852-80-9
Texts Elena Khurtova, Amelia Groom
Text editing Aidan Wall, Maddie Rose Hills, Eleonoor Jap Sam
Image editing Elena Khurtova, Tariq Heijboer
Design Tariq Heijboer
Printer Erwin Blok
Number of pages 96
Duo-colour offset print using soils as pigments
Release date January 2023
Publisher Jap Sam Books
Price €30.-