NAOYA HATAKEYAMA
SLOW GLASS
Published by Light Xchange and The Winchester Gallery, Southhampt, 2002
Book size 22 x 27.5 cm
Pages 57
Hardcover
Languages English
Good condition
Inspired by Bob Shaw's science fiction, Hatakeyama extracted from it a premise for slowing down the speed of light: "Slow Glass". He says that "to look through a piece of glass is to see a scene from the past". The book is divided into two parts, the first one is a full prints of landscapes blurred by the trickling of raindrops on the windows of houses. The second part explores these houses and landscapes still under construction.
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Inspired by the science fiction of Bob Shaw, Hatakeyama extracted from them an invention that allows the speed of light to be slowed down: the "Slow Glass". "He says that "looking through a piece of glass is like seeing a scene from the past." The book is divided into two parts, the first grouping prints full of landscapes blurred by the raindrops running down the windows of houses. The second part explodes these famous houses and the landscapes still under construction that surround them.