Peter Hauser. Angst /
In light of a changing world order we currently face, the publication of ANGST comes as an awakening. The book acts as a mirror that allows us to assess and reflect on the world we inhabit. Every image, beautiful, harshly ragged, offers an underlying reference to contemporary issues which the artist...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Zürich :
Sturm & Drang Publishers,
2020.
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| Summary: | In light of a changing world order we currently face, the publication of ANGST comes as an awakening. The book acts as a mirror that allows us to assess and reflect on the world we inhabit. Every image, beautiful, harshly ragged, offers an underlying reference to contemporary issues which the artist challenges the individual viewer with. As consumerism, trade, globalisation and travel are all being abruptly disrupted, humanity is being questioned. A global existential crisis faces our species and ANGST is a visual accompaniment to our common internal struggle, a diagnosis of the political and societal zeitgeist. 00The photographs were taken between 2017 and 2020 on black and white negative film with diverse medium format cameras. The genesis of the project came about when Hauser found himself facing an existential crisis on multiple levels; as an artist, as a human being and as an observer of the environment surrounding him. Hauser was increasingly concerned with the effects of climate change, capitalism and the loss of human individuality. This prompted him to explore themes in nature and infrastructure as well as experimenting with composed still lives. |
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| Physical Description: | 120 pages |
| ISBN: | 9783906822372 3906822370 |