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Everything can be changed.
Everything can be turned into poetry.
A lot can be accomplished with two pairs of hands, without the need of a boss or money.
This is a story that took place under a pier on the outskirts of
Malmö between January and May in 2009. This book documents a street art
project done by photographer Nils Petter Löfstedt and Erik Vestman.
Having discovered an empty space under a pier in Malmö, Sweden, Löfstedt
and Vestman worked for 5 months to convert this anonymous concrete
interior into an inviting room.
Bringing building supplies to the pier by bike and working mostly
at night by the light of headlamps, Löfstedt and Vestman squeezed
between the rocks beside the pier to enter and build the space,
cleaning it of debris, rocks and seaweed, painting the walls white,
framing out and laying a parquet floor, adding a door and window and
ultimately creating a beautiful space in a magically unexpected
location. What they created has been called "Sweden's most secretive and at the same time widely discussed street art projects."
The book also includes a DVD with the film "The Pier", directed by
Nils Petter Lofstedt, documenting this whole process and the use of the
space by theirs friends.
More about this project: www.thepier.se
Pierre von Kleist Editions is an artist run publisher specialized in photo books. We are committed to the production of new, innovative photo books and we believe the photo book to be a medium capable of expressing complex, abstract, contemporary issues and to reach a wide audience.
We believe that in a multicultural, globalized world the photo book is one of the privileged mediums. The language of sequential images is, perhaps, today’s most international language, understood by the large majority of the world population. Photo books don’t need translation, they need world distribution. Internet provides an efficient, accessible way for books to reach global audiences.
At PVKe we aim to produce books that transcend the documentary quality that is usually associated with the photography medium. We are interested in artistic achievements and in the specific qualities that the medium offers. We want to make books that tell stories and deal with the contemporary way of living.
The photo book is a complex art form that combines photography, graphic design, cinema, literature, etc. Our goal is to push the limits and conventions of the photo book, contributing to establish it as a respected, mature medium.
Pierre von Kleist editions is based in Lisboa, Portugal and is run by André Príncipe and José Pedro Cortes.
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