Le livre de photos The Architect Brother de Robert et Shana ParkeHarrison est un beau conte énigmatique.
Le livre est composé de huit sections qui ont été développées sur une période de sept ans (1993 – 2000). Les sections sont séquencées en séries : The Architect’s Brother (1993-1994), Cardboard Sky (1994), Witnessland (1995-1996), Exhausted Globe (1997), Industrial Land (1997), Promisedland (1998), Earth Elegies (1999-2000) et Kingdom (2000) ; photos en n.b.
Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison’s photobook The Architect’s Brother is a beautiful enigma.
The book is composed of eight sections that were developed over a span of seven years (1993 – 2000). The sections are sequenced serially, The Architect’s Brother (1993 – 1994), Cardboard Sky (1994), Witnessland (1995 – 1996), Exhausted Globe (1997), Industrial Land (1997), Promisedland (1998), Earth Elegies (1999 – 2000), and Kingdom (2000).
“I want to make images that have open, narrative qualities, enough to suggest ideas about human limits. I want there to be a combination of the past juxtaposed with the modern. I use nature to symbolize the search, saving a tree, watering the earth. In this fabricated world, strange clouds of smog float by; there are holes in the sky. These mythic images mirror our world, where nature is domesticated, controlled, and destroyed. Through my work I explore technology and a poetry of existence. These can be very heavy, overly didactic issues to convey in art, so I choose to portray them through a more theatrically absurd approach.” — Robert ParkeHarrison
