Beni Bischof, #wtf. Playful Subversion

#wtf. Playful Subversion

Beni Bischof

Publisher
Fotohof
Year
2015
ISBN
9783902993182
Specifications
Softcover
18 x 11 cm
480 pages
946 b/w images
Limited edition of 500
Language: English
Design by Beni Bischof, Olivier Hug, Samuel Bänziger

#wtf. Playful Subversion was specially conceived by Swiss artist Beni Bischof for his first Austrian solo exhibition at Fotohof Salzburg, and it does exactly as the title suggests. It is a practical, highly entertaining vade mecum that blends together the great icons of the culture industry. The cosmos of images – a highcontrast panorama of our postmodern media culture – generates a subversive maelstrom, the pull of which is difficult to escape. The contrast of black-and-white reproductions not only deconstructs and profanes the odd hero or two; it also creates a wide diversity of associative spaces for our own prurient appropriation.

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