Extreme tourism
By: Thomas Mailaender
Edition: First edition
Publisher: RVB Books; the Fun Archive Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9791090306004
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Photomontage
Other titles: Thomas Mailaender : extreme tourism
Description: "Thomas Mailaender collects and stores away images he finds mainly on the internet. This is how he discovered Steve Young, a photographer based in Hawaii who gathers information on volcanic eruptions. Besides an impressive gallery of volcanoes, his website offers a playful section with his 'Volcano Fantasy Photo Business' that is a perfect echo to Thomas Mailaender's artistic world. In exchange for a few dollars, Steve offers photo souvenirs of expeditions on the flanks of the most dangerous craters, through photomontage and ludicrous productions. Extreme virtual tourism in full colour. Between compulsive appropriation and mirror games, Thomas Mailaender donned his Hawaiian shirt and took part in the proposed productions. He selected twenty of them that he arranged in this artist's book. The keen attention paid to the fabrication and design of the book emphasizes the new status that the artist's intervention confers on these images."--
Notes: Color photographs printed with UV varnish; hardcover.