DAS Publishing and Varamo Press are proud to present Fields by Julien Bruneau. To purchase please click here. 

As a stretch of land cultivated for crops to grow, a field evokes sensuous associations of smells, turned soil, exposure to weather. In a sense, fields ground our entire sedentary civilization and the cultures it gave rise to. At the same time, the field is where bodies fall in battle, the site that hosts the perishing of things.  

Interweaving strands of autobiography with mythological and cultural tropes, Julien Bruneau explores the field as a metaphor rich with meaning and possibility. How do we inhabit fields and their furrows? How in turn do their history and imagination traverse us? As if it were a dance on the page, Fields invites the reader to encounter, think and feel our entanglement with space and places.  

About the Author:

Julien Bruneau is an artist working with dance, presence, drawing, and writing. His interest lies in the dynamic interplay between interiority and the collective. He is an alumnus of both the Amsterdam Master of Choreography (now DAS Choreography) and THIRD (Third cycle research group at DAS Graduate School).

Publishing Information

Published by Varamo Press, Brussels/Oslo
First edition December 2022
128 pages, 12 x 19 cm, sewn perfect binding
ISBN: 978-82-691492-9-6
Graphic design by Thomas Van Herck