↓ Disguise and Deception - A Mimetic Exchange of Strategies for Make Believe
A special division of the German army called Tarnen und Täuschen (Disguise and Deception) occupies itself with rather curious affairs. The unit is dedicated to the research and development of camouflage technology and the fabrication of decoy weaponry - inflatable tanks, vehicles and imitation land mines. The militarisation of visual surroundings as practiced by the technicians at the base becomes a prism for the aesthetic considerations of ideological systems, and the reciprocal effects occurring between the two. In the form of an image dialogue this publication examines particular sets of relations between aesthetics and ideology.
YEAR
2014
DIMENSIONS
20 x 27 cm / 78 Pages, 20 Gatefold pages
TEXT BY
Johan Frederik Hartle (English)
DESIGN BY
Gaël Paccard
PUBLISHED BY
Kodoji Press, Baden (ISBN 978-3-03747-064-0) / Van Zoetendaal Publishers, Amsterdam (ISBN 978-90-72532-26-8)
↓ Disguise and Deception - A Mimetic Exchange of Strategies for Make Believe
A special division of the German army called Tarnen und Täuschen (Disguise and Deception) occupies itself with rather curious affairs. The unit is dedicated to the research and development of camouflage technology and the fabrication of decoy weaponry - inflatable tanks, vehicles and imitation land mines. The militarisation of visual surroundings as practiced by the technicians at the base becomes a prism for the aesthetic considerations of ideological systems, and the reciprocal effects occurring between the two. In the form of an image dialogue this publication examines particular sets of relations between aesthetics and ideology.
YEAR
2014
DIMENSIONS
20 x 27 cm / 78 Pages, 20 Gatefold pages
TEXT BY
Johan Frederik Hartle (English)
DESIGN BY
Gaël Paccard
PUBLISHED BY
Kodoji Press, Baden (ISBN 978-3-03747-064-0) / Van Zoetendaal Publishers, Amsterdam (ISBN 978-90-72532-26-8)