RENATO D'AGOSTIN
HARMONY OF CHAOS
Published by The (M) éditions and Ibasho, 2019
Book size 55x40cm
45 pages
Softcover with slipcase
Language English
Signed and numbered (64/100)
“Cemented abstractions, windswept, drowned by mists, the dense, moving facades impose themselves, without foundations, without skies, like the gigantic panels of a theatrical set. The actors - passers-by - come and go in this fluid mass where people move to live. Their appearance is furtive. Their actions consist of simple gestures, reduced to the choreography of silence and the harmony of chaos. Urbanity forces us to the essential. Urban universality. Buildings vibrate, hands dance, steps get lost. The city welcomes its inhabitants. In return, in ordinary, everyday attempts, fragile lives try their hand at twirling games, inner journeys, exchanges of words, permutations of roles”.
Extract from the preface by Théo-Mario Coppola
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" Cemented abstractions, swept by the winds, drowned by the mists, the dense and moving facades impose themselves, without foundations, without skies, like the gigantic panels of a theater set. The actors - passers-by - come and go in this fluid mass where one moves to live. Their appearance is furtive. Their actions consist of simple gestures, reduced to the choreography of silence and the harmony of chaos. Urbanity forces the essential. Urban universality. The buildings vibrate, the hands dance, the steps get lost. The city welcomes its inhabitants. In return, in ordinary and daily attempts, fragile lives try their hand at twirling games, at interior journeys, at exchanges of words, at permutations of roles"
Excerpt from the preface by Théo-Mario Coppola