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Generally known for his installation work encompassing sculpture, video and soundscapes, Fireflies focuses wholly on Parreno's lesser-known drawings. The drawings collected here showcase a delicate, personal touch, as they were created while Parreno was ill with cancer and were sent to his friends. In Parreno's drawings the fireflies' light is often created by an absence of darkness or pigment. This striking contrast perfectly encapsulates the bioluminescent glow emanating from the insect's abdomen. The book is edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries. An interview with the artist by Obrist and an essay by Belgian philosopher Vinciane Despret accompany the works.

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Philippe Parreno (b. 1964 in Oran, Algeria) is a French artist and filmmaker. His best-known works include No Ghost Just a Shell (1999), a collaborative project with Pierre Huyghe; and Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2006), co-directed with Douglas Gordon. Parreno has exhibited worldwide and his work is held in the public collections of institutions including Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; LACMA, Los Angeles; Tate, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Musee du Luxembourg; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; and the Kanazawa Museum of the 21st Century, Japan. He lives and works in Paris.

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