KOHEI KAWATANI - TOFU KNIFE
TOFU-KNIFE EXPLORES THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ARTISTIC AND COMMERCIAL IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY. IN ITS FORM AND DESIGN, THE PHOTOBOOK TAKES ON A SCIENTIFIC DATABASE STRUCTURE, ALL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE LISTED IN THE INDEX AND CATALOGUED BY NUMBERS AND A CUSTOMER MAGAZINE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE CLEAN AND POLISHED, PRINTED ON A THIN, GLOSSY PAPER USUALLY USED IN THE ADVERTISING CONTEXT. THE DEPICTED OBJECTS AND ENVIRONMENTS ARE ABOVE ALL VISUALLY PLEASING, LUSH VEGETATION, SUBTLE TEXTURES, NEAT INTERIORS, AND ALLURING OBJECTS WHOSE ONLY DECIPHERABLE FUNCTION IS THE AESTHETIC ONE.
MASA
2021, TOKYO, JAPAN
EDITION OF 500 COPIES
SOFTCOVER, 15.6 × 23 CM, 104 PAGES
ENGLISH, JAPANESE
ISBN 9786059194631
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TOFU-KNIFE EXPLORES THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ARTISTIC AND COMMERCIAL IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY. IN ITS FORM AND DESIGN, THE PHOTOBOOK TAKES ON A SCIENTIFIC DATABASE STRUCTURE, ALL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE LISTED IN THE INDEX AND CATALOGUED BY NUMBERS AND A CUSTOMER MAGAZINE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE CLEAN AND POLISHED, PRINTED ON A THIN, GLOSSY PAPER USUALLY USED IN THE ADVERTISING CONTEXT. THE DEPICTED OBJECTS AND ENVIRONMENTS ARE ABOVE ALL VISUALLY PLEASING, LUSH VEGETATION, SUBTLE TEXTURES, NEAT INTERIORS, AND ALLURING OBJECTS WHOSE ONLY DECIPHERABLE FUNCTION IS THE AESTHETIC ONE.
MASA
2021, TOKYO, JAPAN
EDITION OF 500 COPIES
SOFTCOVER, 15.6 × 23 CM, 104 PAGES
ENGLISH, JAPANESE
ISBN 9786059194631
