Noritoshi Hirakawa
unión de...Interactional Casa Barragán
Whether through photography, film, installation, or performance,
Noritoshi Hirakawa (*1960 in Fukuoka, Japan) proposes social change by
means of art. His works address cultural taboos such as sexuality or
suicide, expanding the limitations imposed on perception by social
conventions and cultural notions. This publication features the
architectural photography by Hirakawa, who does not regard buildings as
aesthetic symbols and objets d’art representing architects and
developers but as living organisms made up of people and the
environment. In artistic photographs that integrate dancers into the
architecture, unión de...Interactional Casa Barragán reflects
current conditions under which people live, using Casa Luis Barragán as
the main example. The former home and studio of architect Luis Barragán
in Mexico City is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and unites traditional
and modern movements in an ideal manner.
with texts by Tobia Bezzola and Baudelio Lara
English/Spanish
2012
128 pages, 70 ills. in duotone
29.00 x 24.00 cm
hardcover
Hatje Cantz
ISBN 978-3-7757-3432-5