2020
A mobile phone is radically politicalized from the moment it was manufactured. First, it was assembled by underpaid and non-insured workers in a company that is involved in tax evasion. After it was sold, it maintain its political function in various ways. In this book, I use images found on photograph sharing websites, inter-winded with stills from an action film, news photos and advertising images. Images are sequenced and printed on an instruction manual for a Nokia mobile phone and they respond to the content on the manual.
By juxtaposing Nokia’s vision of connectivity with awkward and silly everyday pictures. I explore the idea of past optimism and how ordinary people deal with the altering political landscape.
144 pages
A mobile phone is radically politicalized from the moment it was manufactured. First, it was assembled by underpaid and non-insured workers in a company that is involved in tax evasion. After it was sold, it maintain its political function in various ways. In this book, I use images found on photograph sharing websites, inter-winded with stills from an action film, news photos and advertising images. Images are sequenced and printed on an instruction manual for a Nokia mobile phone and they respond to the content on the manual.
By juxtaposing Nokia’s vision of connectivity with awkward and silly everyday pictures. I explore the idea of past optimism and how ordinary people deal with the altering political landscape.
144 pages
Soft cover
Perfect Bound
4.5 x 7 in
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At Space on Paper - Jimei Arles International Photo Festival books exhibition