{"product_id":"agreements","title":"Agreements","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder now for delivery in late November 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVéronique Besnard’s \u003cem\u003eAgreements\u003c\/em\u003e offers an inquiry into the imprint left by political and military relations upon the spaces where power is exercised and negotiated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeveloped alongside her formal professional practice during several years of working alongside the French \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMinistère des Armées, this long-term visual journal presents a strikingly clinical, sanitized facade, as military processes unfold behind closed doors, with no ripple to betray the deceptive tranquility of these settings. Objects gathered during her travels — figurines, scale models, or formal diplomatic gifts — infuse an artificial quality into this very real world. Her photographic approach renders palpable the staggering silence that precedes an explosion. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterspersed with notes from her diaries, the images become unmoored and disorienting as the artist moves between luncheons and meetings, luxury hotels and conference centres, always observed while in the process of observing, as she attempts to unravel the relationships between subject and object, capital and morality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoving away from a performative depiction of conflicts and their consequences, Besnard proposes an alternative path: one that is deceptively contemplative, more subterranean, and inherently ambiguous. Her reflective style — which creates a distance from a present that can at times become overwhelming — stands in powerful contrast to an observation made by Stefan Zweig in 1941: \"Technology has brought no greater curse upon us than by making it impossible — even for a single second \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e— to escape the present.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAUTHOR: Véronique Besnard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTITLE: Agreements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePUBLICATION YEAR: 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e978-1-957301-13-6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e170x240x22mm, 788 grams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEDITION: 350; First edition, first printing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Véronique Besnard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603526717602,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0434\/2995\/3698\/files\/ag_cover_wide_21928ee6-db13-481c-9025-c1359f722804.jpg?v=1794189433","url":"https:\/\/gnomicbook.com\/products\/agreements","provider":"Gnomic Book","version":"1.0","type":"link"}