FUTURES: On the Verge
Various Artists
Void
English
Softcover with poster dustjacket
Edition of 1000
256 pages
223 x 270 mm
2023
ISBN 9786188331891
On the Verge is the third publication by FUTURES, a Europe-based photography platform bringing together the global photography community to support and nurture the professional development of emerging artists across the world. Void joined FUTURES as a member in 2020.
The publication takes Charles Baudelaire’s famous letter of 1859— in which he outlines his contempt for photography— as a starting point to explore the role that photography and art can and should play in shaping the future. Eight writers have composed letters responding to Baudelaire to entertain, provoke, inspire and empower. Just as Baudelaire lived through an era of radical societal changes in politics, science, technology and culture, we find ourselves sitting on the edge of a new era. Confronted by the rise of artificial intelligence, the challenges of climate change, pandemics and genetic engineering, these letters invite conversation as we similarly inhabit the verge of a new age.
‘As the photographic industry was the refuge of every would-be painter, every painter too ill-endowed or too lazy to complete his studies, this universal infatuation bore not only the mark of a blindness, an imbecility, but had also the air of a vengeance.’
— Charles Baudelaire
The letters to Baudelaire are published alongside work by a diverse range of artists whose work addresses some of the issues of the contemporary age. Short photo essays by Alice Pallot, Cian Burke, Dániel Szalai, Julia Klewaniec, Mark Duffy, Pauline Hisbacq and Ugo Woatzi address issues such as persona freedom, surveillance, our relationship with nature, exploitation and silent racism to illustrate how art continues to challenge us to imagine new possibilities and embrace opportunities for discussion and change.
Featured Authors: Aaron Schuman, Alessia Glaviano, Brad Zellar, Cat Lachowskyj, Charles Baudelaire, David Campany, Elissa Marder, Salvatore Vitale and Tim Carpenter.
Featured Photographers: Alice Pallot, Cian Burke, Dániel Szalai, Julia Klewaniec, Mark Duffy, Pauline Hisbacq and Ugo Woatzi.
(source: https://www.thelibraryproject.ie/collections/latest-arrivals/products/on-the-verge#:~:text=On%20the%20Verge%20is%20the,as%20a%20member%20in%202020.)
Co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, Futures is a Europe-based photography platform bringing together the global photography community to support and nurture the professional development of emerging artists across the world. Since 2017, it aims to add long-term value in empowering early and mid-career photographers – launching initiatives to promote their work and granting them access to an unprecedented network of professionals, markets and audiences.
futures-photography.com
(source: https://www.futures-photography.com/about)About the Publisher
Void is an independent publishing house dedicated to photography books and education. The project is driven by its founders Myrto Steirou and João Linneu. Void works with both established and up-and-coming artists, proudly fostering photographers’ debut books.
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