Motors documents resting boat engines set against the nightly darkness of the canals of Venice. Paired with a distinctive collection of boat names, this nocturnal series shifts the focus from the city's celebrated iconography towards the often overlooked driving forces underlying the floating city. Draped in repurposed textiles commonly found in Venetian households, Motors renders the dirty boat engines as soft and abstract sculptures. In the increasingly fragile fossil fuel era, these images complicate the city’s enduring romanticism while quietly pointing towards its uncertain future.
Published by METER books in a monographic book designed by HelloMe.
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Motors
Photographs by Louis De Belle
Edited by Till Wiedeck and Frank Boehm
Design by HelloMe Berlin
Published by METER Books
ISBN 9783948338060
2023 | English
26 × 19 cm, 100 pages
Cord-bound
€ 38