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Liebchen, Jens

 
9783960700869: Jens Liebchen L.A. CROSSING /anglais/allemand
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ISBN 10 : 3960700865 ISBN 13 : 9783960700869
Editeur : Hartmann Books, 2022

Synopsis

Is driving thousands of kilometers by car with a camera through Los Angeles a dream or a nightmare? In his long-term project L.A. CROSSING, which has been in the making since 2010, Jens Liebchen shows us the capital of unconditional automotive mobility in the way that most Angelenos prefer to see it: through their car windows. There is no other city in which the maxim »I drive, therefore I am« has more validity than in L.A. The images, in which various elements of Liebchen’s rental cars are always visible, are a meditation on how urban space and a city’s lifestyle are shaped by dominant forms of mobility. Cars determine who belongs to society and who is allowed to move around freely. An icon of photographic art, Stephen Shore’s »La Brea/Beverly« serves as a theoretical basis for Liebchen’s work. Beginning with the »La Brea Matrix Project«, which was centered around Shore’s photograph, Liebchen has reversed the common view and now looks back from the street to the city. Instead of stopping like Lee Friedlander (in »America by Car«) or following a strict gird like Ed Ruscha (in »Every Building on the Sunset Strip«), Liebchen drives and drives and drives. From the privileged and air-conditioned perspective of the driver’s seat, he shows us the lights and shadows of the city of angels-the stuff of great cinema from the dream factory. Jens Liebchen (*1970) has been working as a freelance photographer since he studied ethnology. His works have been exhibited worldwide and are part of collections including the DZ BANK Kunstsammlung in Frankfurt am Main and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Liebchen lives and works in Berlin. He is represented by Springer Gallery.

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Is driving thousands of kilometers by car with a camera through Los Angeles a dream or a nightmare? In his long-term project L.A. CROSSING, which has been in the making since 2010, Jens Liebchen shows us the capital of unconditional automotive mobility in the way that most Angelenos prefer to see it: through their car windows. There is no other city in which the maxim »I drive, therefore I am« has more validity than in L.A. The images, in which various elements of Liebchen’s rental cars are always visible, are a meditation on how urban space and a city’s lifestyle are shaped by dominant forms of mobility. Cars determine who belongs to society and who is allowed to move around freely. An icon of photographic art, Stephen Shore’s »La Brea/Beverly« serves as a theoretical basis for Liebchen’s work. Beginning with the »La Brea Matrix Project«, which was centered around Shore’s photograph, Liebchen has reversed the common view and now looks back from the street to the city. Instead of stopping like Lee Friedlander (in »America by Car«) or following a strict gird like Ed Ruscha (in »Every Building on the Sunset Strip«), Liebchen drives and drives and drives. From the privileged and air-conditioned perspective of the driver’s seat, he shows us the lights and shadows of the city of angels-the stuff of great cinema from the dream factory. Jens Liebchen (*1970) has been working as a freelance photographer since he studied ethnology. His works have been exhibited worldwide and are part of collections including the DZ BANK Kunstsammlung in Frankfurt am Main and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Liebchen lives and works in Berlin. He is represented by Springer Gallery.

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Éditeur
Hartmann Books
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3960700865
ISBN 13 
9783960700869
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
96
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Paul Hartmann AG
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