Sniff'r by (Tim)
Publisher: TBOOKS Cologne, Cologne, 2018
Format: Softcover, b/w photocopy, linen paper cover (100 g), white paper (80 g), saddle-stitched, handbound, 13 × 20 cm
Edition: 50 copies
Pages: 28 (13 photographs + 1 tissue insert)
Sniff'r is a handbound artist's publication by (Tim) inspired by Michael Haneke's 2001 film La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher), based on Elfriede Jelinek's novel of the same name. The publication assembles a sequence of film stills focusing on Erika Kohut, portrayed by Isabelle Huppert, capturing the notorious scene in which she retreats into a booth to sniff discarded tissues. Combining photocopied imagery with an actual tissue insert, Sniff'r extends the physical experience of the film into the book itself. As the publication suggests: "Don't read it. Sniff it."
