Jan Philipzen — Ravedeath Convention

Art Paper Editions [Ghent] First Edition New Book 26cm x 21cm. [176] pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers. "Started as a visual diary, Ravedeath Convention soon grew into a hybrid of autobiography and fiction. While love, joy and friendship are explored, violence and excess come about too, often captured only as traces and symptoms. A collision of different, occasionally mismatched, cultural symbols stresses the all-embracing blend of subcultures as a fundamental feature of our times. The first pictures taken at age thirteen, this series of black and white images is the edit of a continuous process of photographing, revisiting and reworking over a span of ten years. In the crippled prints the physical presence of body and photograph merge, celebrating human imperfection. The title references Tim Hecker’s album ‘Ravedeath 1972'." (publisher's blurb) Category: Photography; 21st Century: 2020s; ISBN/EAN: 9789493146525. Inventory No: 0017781.