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Title: |
Replica |
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| By (author): |
Rita Lino |
| ISBN10-13: |
9493146790 : 9789493146792 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pages: |
120 |
| Weight: |
.813 Kg. |
| Published: |
APE (Art Paper Editions) - December 2021 |
| List Price: |
36.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
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| â Replicaâ suggest a new reading of the body and the model as a pure image, a pure tool, without referring to any representative identity, hereby ignoring todayâ s contemporary society of what the self should be. Lino refers strongly to American mid-century photographer William Mortensen, who states that a body is simply considered to be â a machine that needs adjustments. â According to Mortensen the body must be the basis, â representation of personality and emotion [â ¦] are irrelevant and misleadingâ . There is a certain dehumanization in Mortensenâ s approach to the model, a return of the body to an object without meaning, in front of the camera. Mortensen saw models as clay that form the image, a body was articulated only by the operatorâ s intention. He wanted to strip the figure from its emotion and personality, so that we, as an audience, could consider the body as a formed prop and stare at the image as the essence, and not the subject. In Linoâ s case she is the model, the operator / photographer, the subject and the image at the same time. She is in complete control. She found a way to remove herself from representation and reduced her own body to a pure object and image, almost like a machine. â Replicaâ is a manifestation of the artistâ s understanding of her role in front of and behind the camera. â Replicaâ is a prescient of an approaching future in which identity will surrender to the carefree machine of image magnification. |
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