La Nonpareille by Batia Suter

An artist book by Dutch- and Swiss-based artist Batia Suter.

"La Nonpareille" expands on Suter’s site-specific installation at TU Delft, in which she engaged with an archive of glass slides from its library. Originally used between 1900 and 1960 for lectures in mechanical technology, these visibly worn plates document machines, industrial materials, and production processes during a period of increasing mechanisation. Suter reworks the material into a visual reflection on the entanglement of humans and machines – and how technology reshapes perception, labour, and everyday life. Many compositions in the book consist of layered montages, where multiple images are overlaid to create new, morphed forms and associations.

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Title: La Nonpareille
Artist: Batia Suter
Design: Batia Suter/Roger Willems
Publisher: Roma Publications, 2025
Format: Softcover
Size: 210 × 280 mm
Pages: 168
Language: English
Edition: First edition
ISBN: 9789464460858