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Arne Schmitt: New Inequality

- A Photo Book Tracing Neo-Liberal Architectures

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In March 2009 Cologne's historical Stadtarchiv collapsed: a catastrophe that can be seen as a consequence of a neoliberal programme of urban redevelopment. Yet for all that, critiques of neo-liberalism often run into difficulty because they lack a clearly defined object to focus on. Faced with structural complexities, their analysis and criticism is often directed towards isolated instances. Arne Schmitt confronts this tendency in his book with a resolutely straightforward approach, or -- to use a key concept from the accompanying text by writer Thorsten Krämer -- with uncomplexity. On a clearly mapped-out walk through Cologne, Schmitt photographs architecture from different periods, all in black and white. The images and the form of the book thus refer back to the theme-oriented photo-books of the 1950s and 1960s, in which political and social critiques of the day were combined with photographic depictions of the city -- a level of achievement that is well worth recapturing.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9783959050272
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 88
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. februar 2016
  • Størrelse:
  • 208x226x10 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 340 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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In March 2009 Cologne's historical Stadtarchiv collapsed: a catastrophe that can be seen as a consequence of a neoliberal programme of urban redevelopment. Yet for all that, critiques of neo-liberalism often run into difficulty because they lack a clearly defined object to focus on. Faced with structural complexities, their analysis and criticism is often directed towards isolated instances. Arne Schmitt confronts this tendency in his book with a resolutely straightforward approach, or -- to use a key concept from the accompanying text by writer Thorsten Krämer -- with uncomplexity. On a clearly mapped-out walk through Cologne, Schmitt photographs architecture from different periods, all in black and white. The images and the form of the book thus refer back to the theme-oriented photo-books of the 1950s and 1960s, in which political and social critiques of the day were combined with photographic depictions of the city -- a level of achievement that is well worth recapturing.

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