
NON-GASOLINE STATIONS
- Publisher
- Artphilein Editions
- Year
- 2020
- ISBN
- 9788894518610
- Specifications
- Softcover
14.5 x 18 cm
120 pages
Edition of 520 copies
English
Texts by Caterina De Pietri and the artists
Photographs by Tonatiuh Ambrosetti, Alessandra Calo, Simone Casetta, Bruno Cattani, Gabriele Chiapparini / Camilla Marrese, Giuseppe Chietera, Marco D Anna, Aline d Auria, Matteo Di Giovanni, Delio Jasse, Milo Keller, Anastasia Khoroshilova, Angel Marcos, Stefan Milosavljevic, Enrico Minasso, Maurizio Montagna, Davide Monteleone, Pino Musi, Igor Ponti, Luca Reffo, Caio Reisewitz, Carolina Sandretto, Laura Santamaria, Domenico Scarano, Fabio Tasca, Andrea Tonellotto, Salvatore Vitale, Jean-Marc Yersin
The start of 2020 gave no warning that only a few weeks later, our lives and our daily routine would change radically. Suddenly, a total stop: all still, confined at home, in isolation, limited by social distancing. Books are a constant, a leitmotiv of our foundation, although they don’t constitute our only area of interest and activity. Those who know me personally are also aware that the artworks that touch me most deeply, that focus my utmost interest are artists’ books, specifically those on photography. So it should come as no surprise that on these premises our response to the upheavals caused by the pandemic, the bridge of contact and dialogue in a period of isolation, would perforce be a new book. The idea to counter social isolation with a collective, choral, multi-handed book was our riposte to impose a positive sense onto this juncture, one difficult for many and extremely tragic for others. So we sent the following message: “The message repeatedly proclaimed in the media ‘after the end of the ongoing emergency, nothing will be like before’ is left open to decryption: intimidation, exhortation, annihilation or what? As an inevitable consequence of our forced immobility, in the meantime car traffic and, consequently, fuel consumption have dropped considerably. The future will tell us if and what will really change and if the car will continue to be a means of locomotion.