The Apollo Prophecies - Couverture rigide

Selesnick, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1597110272 ISBN 13 : 9781597110273

Editeur : Aperture, 2007

Synopsis

The Apollo Prophecies depicts, in one extravagantly long tritone panorama, an imagined expedition of 1960s American astronauts who, land on the moon and discover a lost mission of Edwardian-era astronauts who greet them as long-awaited gods. These wildly inventive staged photographs, evidence of events that never happened, playfully question the role of photography in our sense of historical truth. Equal parts Jules Verne and Stanley Kubrick, with a touch of William Blake, the panoramic moonscape literally unfolds in multiple episodes that intermingle artifacts from the fearless era of early-twentieth-century exploration with space age gadgetry. Kahn and Selesnick have combined real-life locations, miniature models and full-scale props of their own devising to produce a dramatic narrative where space-suit-clad astronauts (most portrayed by the artists themselves, with a few similarly clad monkeys and elephants) reappear as events continue across the page. This is an Apollo lunar mission at once dreamlike, oddly familiar and utterly convincing. Its ingenious package includes the 19-foot long two-sided panorama, (58 pages when folded) and a 12-page booklet whose mind-bending narrative is illustrated with four-color mixed-media drawings. The limited edition also includes a signed and numbered lenticular image in an edition of 250 copies (viewed from one angle, it reveals an austronaut from the Edwardian era, from the other it shows an austronaut from the sixties) and a twenty-minute DVD documenting the munar mision.

A propos du livre

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The Apollo Prophecy' depicts, in one extravagantly long duotone panorama, an imagined expedition of 1960s American astronauts. Landing on the moon, they discover a lost mission of Edwardian-era astronauts who greet them as long-awaited gods. By presenting wildly inventive staged photographs as evidence of events that never happened, 'The Apollo Prophecies' playfully questions to concept of historical truth. Part Jules Verne, part Stanley Kubrick, the panoramic moonscape literally unfolds in multiple episodes that intermingle artifacts from the fearless era of early-20th-century exploration with space age gadgetry.

Using digital photography, the artists combine real-life locations, miniature models, and full-scale props of their own devising to produce a dramatic narrative played out by space-suit-clad astronauts (and similarly clad monkeys and elephants). This is an Apollo lunar mission both dreamlike yet oddly familiar -- and utterly convincing.

Included in this ingenious package is a 12-page booklet with a mind-bending narrative illustrated with four-colour mixed-media drawings.

Limited Edition

In addition tot he trade edition, the limited edition (250, signed by the artists_ features a lenticular image created by the artists especially for this edition. Viewed from one angle, it reveals an astronaut from the Edwardian era, from the other angle it shows an astronaut from the 1960s. Accompanying the panorama is a 20-minute DVD documenting the lunar mission. Everything is presented in a space age plastic case.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aperture
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1597110272
• ISBN 13: 9781597110273
• Reliure: Cuir/luxe
• Nombre de pages: 60
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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