Founded in 2013 by independent curators and designers Anna Planas and Pierre Hourquet, Temple ran at first as an experimental gallery space in Paris, presenting a new generation of French and international artists.

Temple is now a studio focused on curating exhibitions and designing books related to photography and mixed media, collaborating with a variety of international institutions and artists.

Recent projects include the exhibitions "The Hobbyist" at Fotomuseum Winterthur (2017) ; "Blank Paper, Stories of the Immediate Present" at Les Rencontres d’Arles 2017, the exhibition catalogue "Magnum Analog Recovery" (Le Bal, 2017) or the book, "Provoke" (Steidl, 2016).

09.09.2017

The Hobbyist

Spector Books
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  • Temple OfficeThe Hobbyist
  • Temple OfficeThe Hobbyist
  • Temple OfficeThe Hobbyist
  • Temple OfficeThe Hobbyist
  • Temple OfficeThe Hobbyist
  • Temple OfficeThe Hobbyist
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Designed by Temple
Edited by Thomas Seelig, Olivia Baeriswyl, Doris Gassert, Pierre Hourquet, Anna Planas
21 x 28 cm
102 pages
Published by Spector Books
ISBN 9783959051705

The book, which appears in a magazine format, brings together artist interviews with Jeremy Deller/ Alan Kane and NEOZOON, short anecdotal texts and in-depth essays by Theodor W. Adorno, Olivia Baeriswyl, Doris Gassert, Samuel Herzog, Thilo Koenig, Evgeny Morozov and Therese Steffen. The Hobbyist is published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Fotomuseum Winterthur (9 September 2017 – 28 January 2018).