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First Cuts
Harald F. Muller
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Description for First Cuts
Paperback. First Cuts shows 15 photographic appropriations that artist Harald F. Muller realized for the first time in Switzerland's tallest building: the Prime Tower in Zurich, designed by architects Gigon/Guyer. Num Pages: 180 pages, 38. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 183 x 17. Weight in Grams: 660.
First Cuts shows 15 photographic appropriations that artist Harald F. Muller realized for the first time in Switzerland's tallest building: the Prime Tower in Zurich, designed by architects Gigon/Guyer. Applied by means of a perforated grid onto soundabsorbing metal panels on the building's interior walls, the re-photographed motifs depict a series of "firsts" from the worlds of technology, sports, and culture. Evoking nostalgia for human faith in progress, they also point with their references to CERN and Constructivism to cutting-edge research and timeless modernity. These artworks refuse to fufil merely a passive decorative function, making instead their own architecture-related statement. ... Read more
First Cuts shows 15 photographic appropriations that artist Harald F. Muller realized for the first time in Switzerland's tallest building: the Prime Tower in Zurich, designed by architects Gigon/Guyer. Applied by means of a perforated grid onto soundabsorbing metal panels on the building's interior walls, the re-photographed motifs depict a series of "firsts" from the worlds of technology, sports, and culture. Evoking nostalgia for human faith in progress, they also point with their references to CERN and Constructivism to cutting-edge research and timeless modernity. These artworks refuse to fufil merely a passive decorative function, making instead their own architecture-related statement. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers Switzerland
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Baden, Switzerland
ISBN
9783037784082
SKU
V9783037784082
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About Harald F. Muller
HARALD F. MULLER, born in 1950, works with reproductions to develop image and color concepts for specific spaces and architectures. He lives and works at Lake Constance and in Zurich.
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