Martín La Roche Contreras

That different editors will approach their tasks differently in the museum is unavoidable. Yet this is all the more reason for criteria to be applied consistently and, even more important, that they be explained and their logic made accessible to users. The key to the catalogue entries found below outlines the selection criteria for inclusion into one of the three separate registers in the catalogue raisonné, and elucidates the individual categories.

Martín La Roche Contreras

Born in Santiago Chile (1988), he is a visual artist living in Amsterdam. His works often find their starting points from existing collections of objects and memories, archives as modes of storytelling which he reassembles into installations, performances or publications.

Musée Légitime
Good Neighbour
To see the inability to see

Muro Sur

Current: After Futura: 26 broadsides printed by hansjörg mayer, exhibition curated by Camilo Otero and Eva Parra at the Center for Book Arts, New York. Jun 2–Aug 1, 2026


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Chapter III, 2016–2026

This publication presents a selection of images from the artist’s personal archive, gathered into a leporello-style publication.

This publication presents a selection of images from the artist’s personal archive, gathered into a leporello-style publication.

Chapter III, 2016–2026

The materials were collected through encounters with different archival and collection practices.

The materials were collected through encounters with different archival and collection practices.

Chapter III, 2016–2026

Two references are central: Albert Kahn’s Archive of the Planet (Paris, 1909–1929), with its autochromes and gardens documenting what was ‘going to disappear’;

Two references are central: Albert Kahn’s Archive of the Planet (Paris, 1909–1929), with its autochromes and gardens documenting what was ‘going to disappear’;

Chapter III, 2015-2025

and Lina Bo Bardi’s Civilização do Nordeste (Salvador, 1963), which foregrounds the value of popular material culture through the objects it produces.

and Lina Bo Bardi’s Civilização do Nordeste (Salvador, 1963), which foregrounds the value of popular material culture through the objects it produces.

Chapter III, 2016–2026

This second edition is based on the original version produced by Martín La Roche during the years 2015–2016.

This second edition is based on the original version produced by Martín La Roche during the years 2015–2016.

Chapter III, 2016–2026

Ten years later, the book preserves its original pagination and structure, and is now published by Good Neighbour Books, Amsterdam, housed in a newly designed box.

Ten years later, the book preserves its original pagination and structure, and is now published by Good Neighbour Books, Amsterdam, housed in a newly designed box.

Chapter III, 2016–2026

Printed on a Riso A2 duplicator at the Charles Nypels Lab, Van Eyck, Maastricht. Box produced by Boox.Space, Haarlem. Box graphic design by Dongyoung Lee.

Published by Good Neighbour Books, Amsterdam, 2026.

ISBN 978-90-8315-174-8

Printed on a Riso A2 duplicator at the Charles Nypels Lab, Van Eyck, Maastricht. Box produced by Boox.Space, Haarlem. Box graphic design by Dongyoung Lee.

Published by Good Neighbour Books, Amsterdam, 2026.

ISBN 978-90-8315-174-8