2023, ISBN: 9780226829104

A taxonomy we didn't know we needed for identifying and cataloging stray shopping carts by artist and photographer Julian Montague. Abandoned shopping carts are everywhere, and yet we kno… Altro …

A taxonomy we didn't know we needed for identifying and cataloging stray shopping carts by artist and photographer Julian Montague. Abandoned shopping carts are everywhere, and yet we know so little about them. Where do they come from? Why are they there? Their complexity and history baffle even the most careful urban explorer. Thankfully, artist Julian Montague has created a comprehensive and well-documented taxonomy with The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America. Spanning thirty-three categories from damaged, fragment, and plow crush to plaza drift and bus stop discard, it is a tonic for times defined increasingly by rhetoric and media and less by the plain objects and facts of the real world. Montague's incomparable documentation of this common feature of the urban landscape helps us see the natural and man-made worlds-and perhaps even ourselves-anew. First published in 2006 to great perplexity and acclaim alike, Montague's book now appears in refreshed and expanded form. Told in an exceedingly dry voice, with full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, it is both rigorous and absurd, offering a strangely compelling vision of how we approach, classify, and understand the environments around us. A new afterword sheds light on the origins of the project. Books Julian Montague|Paperback|The University of Chicago Press|30/10/2023, The University of Chicago Press<

ISBN: 9780226829104

"Abandoned shopping carts are everywhere, and yet we know so little about them. Their complexity and history baffles even the most careful urban explorer. How can we understand abandoned … Altro …

"Abandoned shopping carts are everywhere, and yet we know so little about them. Their complexity and history baffles even the most careful urban explorer. How can we understand abandoned carts without a comprehensive and well-documented taxonomy? Spanning the categories of Damaged, Fragment, Plaza Drift, Bus Stop Discard, Plow Crush, and 28 more, Julian Montague's incomparable classification and documentation of this ubiquitous feature of the urban landscape helps us see the natural and man-made worlds-and perhaps even ourselves-anew. Back in print, refreshed, and expanded, Montague's book, both rigorous and absurd, is a strangely compelling tonic no one has ever asked for but that few can do without"-- Taschenbuch, UNIV OF CHICAGO PR<

2023, ISBN: 9780226829104

University of Chicago Press, Paperback, Auflage: Revised, 184 Seiten, Publiziert: 2023-10-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Photo Essays, Photojournalism & Essays, Photography & Video, A… Altro …

University of Chicago Press, Paperback, Auflage: Revised, 184 Seiten, Publiziert: 2023-10-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Photo Essays, Photojournalism & Essays, Photography & Video, Arts & Photography, Subjects, Books, Encyclopaedias, Humour, Encyclopedias & Subject Guides, Reference, University of Chicago Press, 2023<