An artist’s book exploring how stress and social expectation become inscribed into the body and mind through a tactile and layered photographic form.
diafragma is an artist’s book by Norwegian photographer Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard, composed of folded sheets in varying sizes housed in a custom-made box. In this work, Luksengard investigates the ways stress and social expectations are internalised and leave their mark on both body and psyche. Through layered, tactile images, she gives form to the invisible rhythms and pressures that shape our lives. The title, diafragma—meaning diaphragm—functions as a metaphor for the tense and shifting relationship between emotion and the body.
More than a photobook, diafragma invites a bodily experience on the part of the reader. To engage with the work is to unfold its pages in different directions, to touch its surfaces, and to move through it with a kind of shared breath. Physical involvement becomes central to the act of reading, as the book’s structure and materiality mirror the embodied tensions it seeks to evoke.
Limited edition of 300 copies. Hand-signed and numbered by the artist.
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Title: diafragma
Artist: Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard
Publisher: Multipress, 2025
Format: Unbound inserts in custom-made box
Size: 245 × 340 mm
Pages: 78
Print: Offset print
Language: English
Edition: Limited edition of 300 copies, hand-signed and numbered by the artist
ISBN: 978-82-92224-67-0
