Sarah Pickering: Explosions, Fires, and Public Order

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Aperture, 2010

1597111236 / 9781597111232

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UK photographer Sarah Pickering's "Explosions, Fires and Public Order" is a visually arresting glimpse into the secret world of civil defense. Combining four series, the book begins with "Public Order," a project exploring the Metropolitan Police Public Order Training Centre, a simulated urban environment near London where officers rehearse responses to imagined scenarios of civic unrest. The "Explosions" series documents the tactical use of controlled explosions by the British military, designed to add realistic stress to training exercises and familiarize soldiers with various munitions. "Fire Series" and "Incident," Pickering's most recent series, were produced while she was an artist in residence at the UK Fire Training College. While there, she photographed blazes that were set inside meticulously and elaborately constructed home interiors, as well as the stark, charred remnants of fake urban settings after the scenario fires had been put out. Pickering's projects reflect an aspect of the current zeitgeist: global terrorism matched with omnipresent anxiety. "My work explores the idea of imagined threat and response, and looks at fear and planning for the unexpected, merging fact and fiction, fantasy and reality.".…

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Titolo
Sarah Pickering: Explosions, Fires, and Public Order
Autore
Sarah Pickering
Editore
Aperture
Anno di pubblicazione
2010
Condizione
Very Good
Rilegatura
Hardback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1597111236
ISBN 13
9781597111232

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