Photos from Japan
Paulien Oltheten
NAi Publishers
English
Softcover
240 pages
200 x 270 mm
2011
ISBN 9789056627997
Paulien Oltheten (b. 1982) travels the globe with her camera, casually but precisely capturing photos and video footage of people who are hanging around and tagging along. Walk on a Line is a compilation of photos and film stills that were recently shot in Japan in combination with images, short texts and sketches from her extensive archive. Through her novel handling of the medium, within the tradition of documentary street photography, Oltheten occupies a prominent position in Dutch contemporary photography and art. Walk on a Line is a book about ideas, about lines, folds and wrinkles, about interstitiary spaces and traces. Whether everyday or absurd, real or stage-managed, the images are above all terribly infectious.
Oltheten’s work has been acquired by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam. She recently won the Thieme Art Award and has been nominated for the de Volkskrant Visual Arts Prize 2010
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About the Author
“I analyze human behaviour in public space, often in direct contact with passers-by. With an eager sense of curiosity I seek out situations that allow me to highlight poetic or rhythmic details:people manoeuvring awkward luggage, remarkable postures, playful ritual gestures, or repetitive routines that leave visual marks on their surroundings. Like a contemporary urban anthropologist I document such acts and patterns, often subtly connected to a specifically chosen location or context. I then structure and annotate my research materials to craft a narrative in the form of photography and video, notes, publications, lectures and performances.
I analyze human behaviour in public space, often in direct contact with passers-by. With an eager sense of curiosity I seek out situations that allow me to highlight poetic or rhythmic details:people manoeuvring awkward luggage, remarkable postures, playful ritual gestures, or repetitive routines that leave visual marks on their surroundings. Like a contemporary urban anthropologist I document such acts and patterns, often subtly connected to a specifically chosen location or context. I then structure and annotate my research materials to craft a narrative in the form of photography and video, notes, publications, lectures and performances.”
paulienoltheten.nl
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About the Publisher
nai010 publishers specializes in developing, publishing and distributing books in the fields of architecture, urbanism, art and design. Resulting from the merger of NAi Publishers and 010 Publishers as of July 2012, nai010 publishers is the largest internationally orientated Dutch publisher in the fields of architecture, art, photography and design.
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