The Birthday Party - Laurent Mauvignier do-it-yourself Gelwich has established himself as

Gelwich has established himself as a sought-after fashion and portrait photographer

and self-empowerment in deconceptual writing as notation

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The appendix includes a complete scholarly bibliography

these small-scale (notecard-size) pieces not only pay homage to the documentation medium but are a reminder of how even mundane images can be reconfigured into work that is alternatively funny

The Birthday Party - Laurent Mauvignier do-it-yourself Gelwich has established himself asBuried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his familys farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbour, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wifes fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlets quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar car