I heard the ceiling whisper


Gwen van den Boogaard

text and images by Gwen van den Boogaard
design, binding and cover printing by Hannah Schleifer

published in January 2024
in The Hague, Netherlands
edition of 25 signed copies and 5 artist proof copies
75 pages
Indigo printed on Munken Lynx Rough, 120gsm by booxs
debossed Black Polymer Photoprint on the cover
cover material is Hahnemühle mould-made print making board,
300gsm

€25 (sold out)

“I have struggled with insomnia on and off since I was a teenager. The feeling and frustration of wanting to sleep, but being unable to do so is one I am intimately familiar with. Lying awake at night, I only confront myself.”

I heard the ceiling whisper is a story about insomnia and about a time where Gwen struggled with sleeping, laying awake at night and being confronted with herself. She took emotional images that jump from beautiful to scary, from comforting to discomforting. The sequence plays with this unrythmic rythm of being awake and asleep and most importantly not being sure of what state you are in. It is a personal starting point to a story that many people share. It is one that needs to be treated with care and patience. 

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production

thank you to

Lyy Raitala, Baroeg Mulder, Giulia Menicucci, Ferdinand Waas, Vincent van Baar, Thomas Ankum, Sanne Beeren, Enrico Carpi, Martin Gobert, and Ivo Blackwood.

book launch

thank you to 

Ferdinand Waas, Baroeg Mulder, Giulia Menicucci, Mayte Breed, and Tim Ross