SUNSPOT

Sunspot by Joanna Tochman is a visual and textual journey through an unfamiliar landscape, guided by intuition and chance. The path was traced using sunspots—luminous afterimages left on the retina after looking into the sun—which served as a spontaneous mapping gesture and a starting point for further exploration. Through photographs and fragments of text, the artist searches for meaning in accidental symbols and fleeting signs, assembling them into fragile, temporary narratives that are constantly unraveling. Repetition, displacement, and ambiguity shape a shifting labyrinth that invites the viewer to wander. This book explores the tension between the human urge to comprehend space and the inherent elusiveness of the world. Drawing inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the land art of Robert Smithson, and the literary visions of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Abe Kobo, Sunspot is both a poetic atlas and an open-ended story of perception. ____ Photography - Joanna Tochman Editing - Jakub Szachnowski, Krzysiek Orłowski Design - Jakub Szachnowski Text - Joanna Tochman Translation - Oskar Wanat Prepress & DTP - Jakub Szachnowski Special thanks to Tomáš Agat Bloński and Szymon Nowak for their support in the production of darkroom prints. Photography Studio II / Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków Edition of 200+10. 28x22cm + 20x15cm (book inside) / 56 pages, Swiss bound / Papers: Munken LYNX, Munken Rough