Let the world adore you
Lisa Brunzell
Self-Published
English
Text by Shane Strachan
Essay by Kit Green
Softcover
One book in a holographic slipcase
80 pages
302 x 301 mm
2024
ISBN 9789153102472
After winning the Eurovision Song Contest held in Brighton in 1974, ABBA became a symbol of Sweden across Europe. Young, blond and reserved, they became stars overnight. The photographer Lisa Brunzell, a Swede living in Wales, found that their songs have been kept alive through the large number of tribute bands dedicated to the legendary pop band. In this work, she explores how the tribute artists are making their own individual interpretation of the original ABBA and in the pictures representing both the original members of the band and their own individuality. Lingering between performance and reality, the artists are not fully themselves but not fully the character, or maybe both at the same time.
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About the Artist
Lisa Brunzell is a Swedish photographer based in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2017, she received an MA in Documentary Photography from South Wales University, Cardiff, Wales.
https://www.lisabrunzell.se
(Source: https://phmuseum.com/news/reflecting-upon-popular-culture-in-modern-britain)
About the Publisher
IC Visual Lab is a non-profit visual arts organisation based in Bristol (UK), working between visual culture and socially engaged practice. The IC Visual Lab is dedicated to exploring the role of images in today’s world, particularly how photography is used to construct narratives that shape society. IC Visual Lab projects often involve activating archives in order to challenge dominant narratives.
(Source: https://icvl.co.uk/about)
