This item is sold from a vintage boutique in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Chris Kitze
First Edition Signed "the Electric Image" by Chris Kitze Art Book Photography Neon by Chris Kitze$99.00
I am a photographer, and I live in Las Vegas, so creative photos of neon always interest me. This is one is the most unusual books I have come across. It has a strange die cut in the cover, and some pages are printed on translucent vellum! The whole affair is vert arty with a capital "A", and it is signed by the artist! There is a loose page inside the cover that explains the reasoning behind the open spine, die-cut cover, the use of computer code, etc., called " Electric Image Monograph Conceptual Statement. the book designer is Jeremy Mende. This first edition book measures 12. 5 " x 9" with 64 printed pages, and many other vellum pages that are not numbered. Great gift!
The book is in MINT condition!
This is from info I found on line:
In The Electric Image, Chris Kitze explores the transformation and globalization of culture by digital technology. Investigating urban centers where store windows and monumental advertising images are a worldwide phenomenon and a part of modern mythology, Kitze reveals how the numerical representation of imagery makes it possible for everything and anyone to be everywhere.
Although Kitze is fascinated by digital forms, he does not apply the technology to his work. Instead, he allows these objects to reflect and collide with one another, creating an improvisational mise-en-scène replete with unintended meaning and full of ambivalence. Questioning the new realism of digital media and its manipulation of desire and fear through the use of familiar icons and archetypes, The Electric Image exposes how easily one can appropriate, manipulate, and distribute the digital image, challenging photography's traditions of originality and authority. What emerges is a new visual mythology not unlike software, which is malleable in the hands of a user and transformative of cultures.
This item is sold from a vintage boutique in Las Vegas, Nevada.