Aglaia Konrad Elasticity Author:Antonio Guzman, Eran Schaerf, Daniel Kurjakovic, Aglaia Konrad After photographing metropolises such as Tokyo, São Paolo, Cairo, Paris, and Mexico City, Aglaia Konrad manipulates these images by mirroring, enlarging, collaging, and copying them. In her two- and three-dimensional installations she not only plays with the phenomena and the representation of the city but also toys with questions concerning amb... more »iguity, identity, and perception. An ambitious and substantial tome, Elasticity offers insight into the characteristics and images of the metropolis. In Konrad's highly individual image manipulations, a fascinating topography of urban fabrics, facades, infrastructure, architectural forms, and surfaces is revealed. This 248-page visual essay presents her personal photographic archive "installed" in book form in a unique sequence and rhythm. Elasticity also offers a reflection on Konrad's work through Essays by critic and curator Daniel Kurjakovic, artist Eran Schaerf, and Antonio Guzman, director of art space L'Aquarium in Valenciennes. Published in conjunction with L'Aquarium, Valcenciennes and Argos, Brussels. Essays by Daniel Kurjakovic, Antonio Guzman and Eran Schaerf. Paperback, 7.75 x 10.75 in. 248 pages, 32 color, 700 b/w illustrations« less