{"product_id":"double-player-peter-tomka","title":"Double Player \/ Peter Tomka","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTBW Books is proud to present \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Player,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e an unconventional photographic book form by Peter Tomka that demands to be experienced by two people. This work unfolds and folds back into itself—a Möbius loop of imagery, or perhaps an ouroboros: an endless cycle of visual connections shared in real time between both viewers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLoosely inspired by the structure of a deck of playing cards, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Player\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eweaves together five distinct bodies of work—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBachelor Suite \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2024), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeatwave Suite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2024), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWatering Hole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2023), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree Works\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2021), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaternity Test \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2021)—shuffled into a whole that reveals surprising connections and throughlines. The book strikingly opens with the word GAYLORD—in another context, the name of a legendary Los Angeles apartment complex, but here, a directive that sets the tone and calls the viewer to engage immediately with the ensuing images.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe photographs are either created by the artist in a performative manner or appropriated from cinema, television, and pop culture, past and present. The circulation and repetition of motifs invite collaboration and reflection, emphasizing the act of shared viewing as part of the work’s meaning. The book collides ( both literally and metaphorically) at the halfway point, designed to be exactly the same from front to back—revealing no beginning or end, but rather an infinite loop that can be entered from any point.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Player\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis published on the occasion of Peter Tomka’s inclusion in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMade in L.A.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat the Hammer Museum, and marks the artist’s first monograph.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TBW Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54142923505948,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/3700\/9436\/files\/Screenshot2026-05-24at3.55.49PM.png?v=1779663355","url":"https:\/\/ojala.la\/products\/double-player-peter-tomka","provider":"Ojalá","version":"1.0","type":"link"}