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John Stezaker, "3rd Person Archive", Koenig Books 2009
For more than thirty years, the British artist John Stezaker has collected photographs and used them in collages. His most recent book is a collection of a collection. Stezaker has taken a 1920s almanac and cut out pictures of people, mostly individuals walking. These pictures are sometimes smaller than a fingernail but never larger than the palm of one's hand. On the left pages there is a code that indicates the location of the picture in Stezaker's archive; on the right is the picture. Great pains have been taken to publish this book and it exerts a strange effect on the reader: the silhouettes of the passers-by and the streets bleed into one another, bodies disintegrate almost completely, and an archetypical walker appears before our eyes. Regardless of how we choose to understand this work, I found its use of photography and the solitary appearance of the people to be extremely stimulating.
www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/triennial/video.shtm
www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2009/09/john-stezaker-at-gisela-capitain/
Jacqueline Hassink, "Car Girls", Travel Edition, Aperture 2009
This is the first time I have held in my hands the smaller soft-cover version of this book and I like it better than the larger edition. Working at international automotive trade fairs, Hassink has documented the performers who promote sales by acting as objects of desire alongside the vehicles on display. She has also developed a taxonomy that allows us to order these women according to vehicle type, trade fair city, colour of hair, and ethnic origin. This system actually works quite well on her website, but this little book functions like a key to its virtual counterpart. In terms of design and execution, it too is reminiscent of an item for sale. The photographer plays with the market; the book follows the rules of the market and at the same time counteracts it. Concept and documentation come together in a relationship in which both parts benefit.
22.12.2009
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