Tekst in het Engels en Portugees.Of this publication a special edition was made of 100 copies numbered and signed by Luc Tuymans. Dit exemplaar is niet genummerd en niet gesigneerd.Table of contents:
Introduction / Joao Fernandes.
"Dusk" - A night-shift / Hans Rudolf Reust.
Credits.
Illustrated list of paintings in the exhibition.
Notebook 3 (ca. 1978):
Facsimile of pencil drawings.
Facsimile of envelope with notes.
Facsimiles of 2 pages and transcription of 16 pages.
Photo of the artist (1978).
Notbook 4 (c. 1979-80):
Facsimile of a study for 'Die Zeit' (1988).
"Journal" (1981):
Facsimiles of 6 pages concerning 'Feu d'artifice' (1982) and the unrealized project 'Het leven op aarde'.
Feu d'artifice (1982):
4 photographs of the dress rehearsel of the film, Hôtel des Thermes, Oostende, July 6, 1982.
Card with 4 photos of objects used in the film.
La Correspondance (project 1986, unrealized):
Artist's text expounding the concept of the installation 'La Correspondance'.
Xerox of drawing glued to the back of the front cover of Luc Tuymans' album documenting the installation.
2 photos of the model for the installation.
Facsimile of plan for the model of the installation.
"Over het beeld" (1996):
English and Portuguese translation of the essay published in 'De Witte Raaf' (Brussels), no. 60, March 1996.
Artist's lecture (2002):
Facsimiles of 2 hand-written pages and transcription of 6 pages of hand-written notes for the lecture delivered at the international symposium "Between Senses", Basel, Fondation Beyeler, August 17, 2002.
Reference texts:
English and Portuguese translations of excerpts from:
Baruch Spinoza, 'Ethica more geometrico demonstrata', 1677.
Jan Jacobus Slauerhoff, 'Het leven op aarde', 1934.
Ernst Bloch, 'Ästhetik des Vor-Scheins', 1974.
Source materials for painting:
Duplicates of 6 Polaroids used as models for paintings.
Images of pp. 98-99 and 206-207 of Ludo Van Eck, 'Het Boek der Kampen', Leuven: Kritak, 1979.
Images of pages 201 and 249 of F.W. Tischendorf, 'Der diagnostische Blick', 4th ed., Stuttgart & New York, Schattauer, 1987.
2 cards with images used fro the series of works "Mwana Kitoko".
