{"product_id":"image-bank-1969-1977-9783775746328","title":"IMAGE BANK 1969 – 1977","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan You Dig It?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDigital—even before this word signified research-based processing, its original meaning referred to the fingers. The same goes for the artists Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov, whose \u003cem\u003eIMAGE BANK 1969 – 1977\u003c\/em\u003e, founded in 1969, did not consist of ones and zeros but entirely of postal handwork. With the intent of a decentralized and network-based circulation and exchange of images, they anticipated the structures of today's image databases on the Internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoreover, from sending, receiving, and collecting, a multifaceted and expansive oeuvre formed, whose creator is no longer a single person, but a collective movement. Away from established institutions such as museums and galleries, a utopia of non-hierarchical and free exchange of images first took shape here, which has lost nothing of its topicality even from today's perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExhibition: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 22.6.–1.9.2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463238893804,"sku":"9783775746328","price":85.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783775746328-image-bank-1969-1977.jpg?v=1775030205","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/image-bank-1969-1977-9783775746328","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}