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B : 60 Seiten/pages, numerous illustrations, limied edition of 200 exemplars - The art of fencing and hypnosis: at the place where two such disparate practices meet, the respective contours of their idiosyncratic dynamics become even sharper. Leoni puts a focus on the powerful impact of this encounter in the contestable zones where extremes collide: in one case, on a clearly demarcated field in which every movement - attempting to either defend or transgress boundaries - is minutely measured; in the other case, as a hypnotic liminal condition, as an associative journey through highly personal and fragile territory. This meeting space and questions related to the negotiation, placement and breaching of borders are themes that propel the cinematic approach of Leoni's dynamic oeuvre.