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Semiautomatic photography

Title
Semiautomatic photography / curator/editor, Joerg Bader ; texts, Joerg Bader [and 4 others] ; translations, Robert Savage [and two others].
Author
Spinatsch, Jules
Publication
Leipzig : Spector Books, [2018]

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Additional Authors
  • Bader, Jörg
  • Savage, Robert
  • Centre de la photographie (Geneva, Switzerland), sponsoring body.
Description
351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm
Summary
  • Jules Spinatsch began working with automatic cameras fifteen years ago, making use of the equipment employed in the surveillance of public spaces. At the time he created a 180° panorama of the World Economic Forum in Davos consisting of 2,176 individual images. He continued the group of works entitled Semiautomatic Photography with, among other things, shots of a football stadium, the Vienna Opera Ball, a prison, and the SAP headquarters. The book Semiautomatic Photography now shows the complete cycle for the first time. In it, Spinatsch foregrounds a selection of individual pictures that otherwise form a tiny element in his panoramas. Rather like in William S. Boroughs's cut-ups, this process of "cutting out" single photos gives rise to a subversive image strategy, reflecting on the function of the visual in a society of control. --Publisher's website.
  • Jules Spinatsch begann vor 15 Jahren seine Arbeit mit automatischen Kameras, wie sie im Bereich der Überwachung öffentlicher Räume genutzt werden. Damals entstand ein aus 2.176 Einzelbildern bestehendes 180°-Panorama des Weltwirtschaftsforums in Davos. Die Werkgruppe, die den Titel 'Semiautomatic Photography' trägt, setzte er u.a. mit Aufnahmen eines Fu€ballstadions, des Wiener Opernballs, eines Gefängnisses und der SAP-Zentrale fort. Das Buch 'Semiautomatic Photography' zeigt nun erstmals den kompletten Zyklus. In ihm stellt Spinatsch ausgewählte Einzelbilder, die sonst ein winziges Element in den Bildpanoramen sind, in den Vordergrund. Ähnlich wie bei William S. Burroughs Cut-ups führt dieses 'Herausschneiden ' der Einzelfotos zu einer subversiven Bildstrategie, zur Reflexion der Funktion des Visuellen in einer Gesellschaft der Kontrolle. --Publisher's website.
Subject
  • Spinatsch, Jules > Exhibitions
  • Spinatsch, Jules
  • Photography, Artistic > Exhibitions
  • Photography, Artistic
Genre/Form
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
Note
  • Translated from the German into English and French.
  • "This book was published as part of the exhibition 'Jules Spinatsch--Semiautomatic photography 2003-2020' presented at the Centre de la photographie, Geneva from December 12, 2018 to February 3, 2019"--Page 334.
  • Title from cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Texts in English, German, and French.
ISBN
  • 9783959052924
  • 3959052928
OCLC
  • on1225575509
  • 1225575509
  • SCSB-9594347
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library