Yours with love and flowers
Floral epistolary action, 2023.
Nemer created floral bouquets for each guest at his fiftieth birthday party. The flowers were packaged in wrapping paper of his own design, each with a screenprinted letter in Nemer’s handwriting, reflecting on the importance of friendship at the half-century of his life. The letter was composed in French and English, with passages left blank, allowing Nemer to fill in by hand unique details about his individual friendships with his guests. At his party, held at the Maison Mirabile flower shop in Paris, Nemer arranged bouquets of celosia, gladiola, dahlias, and cosmos for each guest. He recited the individual letters, then wrapped the flowers in the letter as an offering. Each guest was also given a boutonnière upon arrival, extending the gathering’s culture of floral gift giving. The wrapping paper was printed at Paris Print Club by Tristan Pernet.
Photos by Léa Guintrand