The Mother Road
Hans Gremmen
Fw:Books
English
Softcover
12 pages
Includes double DVD, 5hr 11min 49sec
140 x 190 mm
2011
ISBN 9789490119003
The Mother Road is a publication that contains a double DVD with a five-hour compilation video made from screen captures from the famed Route 66 as seen through Google Street View. Hans Gremmen took 151.000 screen captures following the iconic Street View arrows up the Route 66. Starting from Chicago, travelling down through the American landscape to Los Angeles like a true road movie. You jolt as if in a car when the transitions between images are a bit rough, and you can see the car swerving dangerously to the wrong side of the road, but there is nothing you can do but sit back and ponder who’s driving you. The Mother Road is the longest stop-motion movie ever made, using footage from Google Street View, and it provides a surprising and unique insight into the American landscape.
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About the Artist
Graphic designer Hans Gremmen is the founder of publishing house Fw:Books. He works mainly in the areas of photography, architecture and the visual arts, for clients including Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Aperture Foundation, Roma Publications, Darat al Funun, and TU Delft. He has designed over 200 books and won various prizes for his experimental work, including a gold medal in the Best Book Design from all over the World competition. He gives lectures and workshops in Asia, Europe and the USA.
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About the Publisher
Fw:Books is an independent publisher with a focus on photography and related topics. Photography is a unique medium; it doesn’t have a fixed way of revealing itself. We see the choice to make a book as a choice to make a new work. Fw:Books is a collaboration between Hans Gremmen (designer) and Petra Stavast (artist).
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