La ciudad que ya no existe

Este presente distópico que habitamos a nuestro pesar invita a la evasión, ciertamente, y con ello al kitsch: cuando lo actual no satisface, el pasado es la salida de incendios. Esto es así. Sin embargo, la propuesta que se presenta en Fulgores Vanos: crónicas deslustradas es furiosamente antikitsch, si se permite el neologismo, en cuanto a que no busca el acomodo en aquellos pretéritos que siempre fueron mejores, como dijo aquel, no se apoltrona en la memoria mullida; al contrario, tomando como sujetos y objetos a personajes históricos —la imagen base de muchos de ellos igual a la...

"The afternoon has always been the best time of day for taking a walk. And every metropolitan city of the world has an artery by which to travel its tidal pulsations. Barcelona would be inconceivable without La Rambla."--Front cover.

In our modern digital age, the polaroid is already becoming a relic of the past. However, the fleeting moment and the uniqueness of it, lend the polaroid a quality beyond its mere merit as a "good" or "bad" photograph. Like a painting, a polaroid becomes an irreplaceable treasure and object of desire, as only one person may own the original. Perfectly lit and composed, these polaroids are Bitesnich's images in miniature, the painterly sketches for later works of art. Though as with most artists, the sketches ultimately become artworks in themselves. AUTHOR Andreas H. Bitesnich started his...