The Impossible Index
Shiraz Grinbaum
2023
The Words Album (2009‑2023)
The book brings together 73 texts written by Grinbaum between 2009 and 2023, reflecting on her relationship with her father, Michael Grinbaum, who struggled with post-traumatic stress following the Yom Kippur War. The entries in the index are arranged alphabetically, and some of them are left blank, with no text. The book was presented as part of Grinbaum’s first solo exhibition, Now That There’s Light, Take a Picture, at P8 Gallery, displayed on a table in two identical copies. The exhibition also featured photographs collected over a period of 14 years.
- Copies: 2
- Pages: 74
- Type of binding: Black Box
- Dimensions (cm): 18X22.5
- Printing: Y-Print
- Binding: Daniel Bloom Book Binder
- Type of printing: Digital
- Place of publication: Tel Aviv-Jaffa
- Book photography: Leafing Magazine
Shiraz Grinbaum (b. 1979) is a photographer, photo editor, writer, and activist. She is the director of Mavo’ot: The Joav BarEl Ideas Foundation; founder and editor-in-chief of Madaf: Books as Art; founder of the forum Lighting the Home: Second Generation of Military Post-Trauma; and was a member of the Activestills collective between 2012 and 2020. Her work has been featured in a range of magazines in Israel and abroad, including Artforum, LensCulture, and Vice, among others.
