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Me, Le Corbusier, and a friend / by David Bergé.
Fine Arts Library NA1053.J4 B474 2025
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bergé, David, Artist, Author.
- Series:
- Time Based Editions ; 03.
- Time Based Editions ; 03
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bergé, David.
- Artists' books--Europe.
- Artists' books.
- Le Corbusier, 1887-1965--Travel--Europe.
- Le Corbusier.
- Le Corbusier, 1887-1965--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
- Klipstein, August, 1885-1951--Travel--Europe.
- Klipstein, August.
- Travel photography--Europe.
- Travel photography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Distribution:
- [New York, New York] : Artbook/D.A.P
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Time Based Editions, 2025.
- Notes:
- "This book is the printed half. The other half is sound. The two come together between your hands and ears"--from the back cover.
- "43 min"-- Front cover.
- "In 1911, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, who would later call himself Le Corbusier, sets off with his friend August Klipstein on a seven-month trip to "the Orient". The visual cargo of [this book] consists of the photographs they took on this trip using a single, shared camera and glass plates - a physical effort that is hard to imagine today. The plates' imperfections create a sense of primitive authenticity, of an archaic world emerging through layers of time. The audio component of the book is a 'dialogue' between the two protagonists - a playful mis-en-scène by artist David Bergé - which imagines the two young Swiss men moving through different landscapes and discovering themselves with the tools they share: a camera and a guidebooks for Westerners"-- back cover.
- ISBN:
- 9464772670
- 9789464772678
- OCLC:
- 1518186365
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