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Stefano Cerio
Chinese Fun
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This book will appeal to readers interested in contemporary photography, art, and cultural studies, especially those fascinated by the contrast between constructed leisure spaces and their underlying realities.
Deceptive images of fun and laughter, projections of happiness: Chinese amusement parks
Deceptive images of fun and laughter, projections of happiness: Chinese amusement parks
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Stefano Cerio (*1962) directs his attention to alternative worlds: for his elaborate series he takes pictures of recreational paradises—ski arenas, cruises, water and fun parks. For the artist, Italian street altars even count among these colourful illusory worlds that people create for the purpose of escaping from everyday life.
Yet in his cool photographs Cerio without exception exposes the fun rides and the adventure pools in the off-season and therefore devoid of visitors; the ruptures, the bleakness, and the senselessness that become visible behind the amusing façades.
For Chinese Fun, the photographer visited a whole range of recreational parks, water landscapes, and sports grounds in Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, and Hong Kong. His centrally organised compositions are made with a plate camera and document selected absurd arrangements—from a concrete fruit basket as large as a house to the looped tracks of an enormous roller coaster in the interior courtyard of an office complex.
Exhibition: Fondazione VOLUME!, Rome 23.9.-3.11.2015
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ISBN: 9783775739696
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 May 2015
Country: Germany
Imprint: Hatje Cantz
Contributors:
- Text by Nadine Barth
- Text by Walter Guadagnini
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 300.0mm
Height: 250.0mm
Weight: 1080g
Pages: 128
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