German philosopher Walter Benjamin’s monumental work the Arcades Project—which remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1940—represents both a treatise on the labyrinthine nature of the modern city and the realization of his dream of a book without authorship, composed almost entirely of quotations drawn from a wide range of sources. Taking their mutual appreciation for these aspects of Benjamin’s work as their starting point, friends and photographers Jonas Feige (Germany) and Alan Huck (United States) sorted through their archives of orphaned images in order to assemble a collective portrait of an anonymous city—one composed of severe geometric forms, vague symbols, and the spectral traces of a human presence. Intentionally trying to dissolve any sense of individual authorship, the two looked to Benjamin as their methodological guide, reminding them that “an enigma is a fragment that, together with another, matching fragment, makes up a whole.”
56 pages
30 photographs
7.25 x 8.75 inches
Swiss-bound hard cover
First Edition of 100 copies
English
Edited by Jonas Feige, Alan Huck, and Cristian Ordóñez
Designed by Cristian Ordóñez
Typography by Erkin Karamemet
Published by Another Earth
© 2024
Press:
The Nearest Truth - Episode 428
Website and PDF:
anarrowfoothold.another-earth.com
56 pages
30 photographs
7.25 x 8.75 inches
Swiss-bound hard cover
First Edition of 100 copies
English
Edited by Jonas Feige, Alan Huck, and Cristian Ordóñez
Designed by Cristian Ordóñez
Typography by Erkin Karamemet
Published by Another Earth
© 2024
Press:
The Nearest Truth - Episode 428
Website and PDF:
anarrowfoothold.another-earth.com
