The Stairs: Geneva, the Location

London: Merrell Holberton, 1994. Softcover. Good+ (bottom front right corner of wraps peeling, light shelwear to wraps and corners). Blue and orange wraps with black lettering, [18], 100, [10], 100 pages, profusely illustrated in 140 color plates, 300 duotones. Included in rear is an audio disc. Text in English and French. Accompanied by compact disc of music by Patrick Mimran. "The Stairs" is a series of ten exhibitions on the theme of film and its language. "This book illustrates, explains and documents one of the most important installations of the 1990's: 'The Stairs- Location' erected in the streets and squares of Geneva for 100 days in 1994. This is the first of ten in an ambitious and crowd catching series of exhibitions by Peter Greenaway, devoted to exploring the language of cinema 'live'." -rear of book.