Kuzma Vostrikov and Ajuan Song: Absolutely Augmented Reality - Hardcover

Anna Gvirts

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3858818631 ISBN 13: 9783858818638

Publisher: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2020

Synopsis

• First monograph on New York-based artists Kuzma Vostrikov and Ajuan Song, featuring their previously unpublished Absolutely Augmented Reality project
• Invites a dialogue about technology, authorship, beauty and the role of photography in contemporary visual culture

Absolutely Augmented Reality takes as its subject the intersection of technology, fine art and the idea of authorship through a series of richly saturated, theatrical and symbolic images that use costume, character and allegory to create a sense of exploration and melancholic intrigue. In this dream world of strange and alluring portraiture, the viewer is delighted by a host of archetypal images, hybrid creatures, surreal motifs, canonical postures, as well as inversions of iconic art historic references.

Appealing to fine art, design, and photography consumers alike, this new book features some 100 colour images from and Kuzma Vostrikov and Ajuan Song's previously unpublished art project. Alongside the photographs it offers a statement by the two artists and a brief introductory text by art historian Rosa J.H. Berland, as well as critical essays by art critic Anthony Haden-Guest and Lilly Wei, and an interview with Kuzma Vostrikov and Ajuan Song conducted by Iona Whittaker, and Arnau Salvadoe.

About this title

About the Author

Kuzma Vostrikov is a Russian born multidisciplinary artist working in the fields of experimental photography, film and writing. He lives and works in New York.
Ajuan Song is a Chinese-born and New York-based artist and photographer whose practice includes analogue, digital photography and multimedia works.
Anna Gvirts is a Russian-born artist, photographer, and graphic designer. She lives and works in New York.

With contributions by Rosa JH Berland, Anthony Haden-Guest, and Lilly Wei, and with conversations with Kuzma Vostrikov and Ajuan Song conducted by Arnau Salvadó and Iona Whittaker.

From the Back Cover

Absolutely Augmented Reality takes as its subject the intersection of technology, fine art and the idea of authorship through a series of richly saturated, theatrical and symbolic images that use costume, character and allegory to create a sense of exploration and melancholic intrigue. In this dream world of strange and alluring portraiture, the viewer is delighted by a host of archetypal images, hybrid creatures, surreal motifs, canonical postures, as well as inversions of iconic art historic references.

Appealing to fine art, design, and photography consumers alike, this new book features some 100 colour images from and Kuzma Vostrikov and Ajuan Song's previously unpublished art project. Alongside the photographs it offers a statement by the two artists and a brief introductory text by art historian Rosa J.H. Berland, as well as critical essays by art critic Anthony Haden-Guest and Lilly Wei, and an interview with Kuzma Vostrikov and Ajuan Song conducted by Iona Whittaker, and Arnau Salvadoe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scheidegger & Spiess
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3858818631
• ISBN 13: 9783858818638
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Anna Gvirts