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Architecture of an Existential Threat
By Adam Reynolds and Danielle Spera
Published by Edition Lammerhuber
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
The first book offering a broad cultural and geographical typology of shelter spaces in Israel, with the photography straddling the worlds of fine art and reportage to explore the modern Israeli identity.
From its foundation in 1948, the state of Israel has felt isolated and under threat from enemies. This collective siege mentality manifests itself with over 1 million public and private shelters. The Israelis have integrated these 'Doomsday spaces' into their everyday life and transformed them into spaces that look like normal dance studios, bars or temples. For many people in Israel who live with a personal history of exile and persecution, these shelters are the architecture of an existential threat both real and perceived. Adam Reynolds shot the images in this book over the course of three years, from 2013 to 2015. The photographs offer a broad cultural and geographical typology of the shelter spaces by documenting them on either side of the Green Line, throughout Israel and the Occupied Territories, in an effort to offer the broadest survey possible. They straddle the distinct worlds of fine art and reportage. "Working in a country like Israel, it is difficult, if not impossible, to separate art from social reality," says Adam Reynolds.
From its foundation in 1948, the state of Israel has felt isolated and under threat from enemies. This collective siege mentality manifests itself with over 1 million public and private shelters. The Israelis have integrated these 'Doomsday spaces' into their everyday life and transformed them into spaces that look like normal dance studios, bars or temples. For many people in Israel who live with a personal history of exile and persecution, these shelters are the architecture of an existential threat both real and perceived. Adam Reynolds shot the images in this book over the course of three years, from 2013 to 2015. The photographs offer a broad cultural and geographical typology of the shelter spaces by documenting them on either side of the Green Line, throughout Israel and the Occupied Territories, in an effort to offer the broadest survey possible. They straddle the distinct worlds of fine art and reportage. "Working in a country like Israel, it is difficult, if not impossible, to separate art from social reality," says Adam Reynolds.
Product Details
- Publisher: Edition Lammerhuber (May 20, 2024)
- Length: 144 pages
- ISBN13: 9783903462076
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Raves and Reviews
...The country is home to close to one million public and private shelters. Reynolds spent three years photographing some of these spaces, documenting structures ranging from basements and empty concrete rooms to open-air bomb shelters and convertible parking garages, in an attempt to create what he calls a "broad cultural and geographical typology of the shelter spaces."--PDN Photo of the Day These photographs reveal the normalcy of survival in the most extreme situations. His [Adam Reynolds] perspective sheds light on the a country constantly under threat and the beauty in versatile efforts make these spaces residential. The bomb shelters were created in 1948 as a protection tactic against threats from their enemies.--Daily Beast Reynolds' photographs reveal how Israelis have creatively integrated these rooms into their everyday lives.--The Guardian
...The country is home to close to one million public and private shelters. Reynolds spent three years photographing some of these spaces, documenting structures ranging from basements and empty concrete rooms to open-air bomb shelters and convertible parking garages, in an attempt to create what he calls a "broad cultural and geographical typology of the shelter spaces."--PDN Photo of the Day
These photographs reveal the normalcy of survival in the most extreme situations. His [Adam Reynolds] perspective sheds light on the a country constantly under threat and the beauty in versatile efforts make these spaces residential. The bomb shelters were created in 1948 as a protection tactic against threats from their enemies.--Daily Beast
Reynolds' photographs reveal how Israelis have creatively integrated these rooms into their everyday lives.--The Guardian
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