Sophia Kesting, Dana Lorenz - Asphalt, Steine, Scherben (Asphalt, Stones, Shards)
| Author | Sophia Kesting, Dana Lorenz |
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| Publisher | Vexer Verlag |
| ISBN | 9783907112939 |
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For twelve years, Sophia Kesting and Dana Lorenz have explored Leipzig's Peaceful Revolution Square (Platz der friedlichen Revolution) and its transformation through photography. Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz reflects ongoing debates on preserving GDR architecture amid societal and economic interests. Their project, Asphalt, Stones, Shards, features 1,500 medium-format black-and-white photographs that document political and urban changes. Stark flash-lit night shots contrast with fragmented daytime scenes, blending real events and staged reenactments. Eschewing narrative, the images create a visual dialogue. Drawing on childhood memories of 1989/90's upheaval, the artists incorporate biographical text fragments. Their photo book encapsulates the site's unfulfilled transformation, emphasizing stasis through repeated motifs as a reflective documentary space.
| 296 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, English |
Vexer Verlag
