Hijacked Vol. 2
Language: English
Release: July 2010
Price: AU $100
Format: 26.6 x 21.2 x 4.3 cm
Binding: 412 pages, full colour, hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-9807878-0-1
“Our civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos”
– Werner Herzog.
Hijacked 2 is a comprehensive and expansive photographic compendium,
and the first to delineate the important artistic and socio-cultural
relationship that exists between Australia and Germany. Building on the
considerable success of the inaugural publication Hijacked 1 – Australia
and America; Hijacked 2 showcases the diverse talents and perspectives
of 32 contemporary German and Australian photographers. With a focus
on the depiction and representation of the young, the boundary-riding,
and fringe-dwelling, Hijacked is layered with imagery both evocative
and confronting, dreamlike and rousing.
As a rare bilateral visual arts anthology, Hijacked compels us to consider
two socially divergent and disparate photographic nations. Germany
and Australia are juxtaposed to stimulate conversation, suggest connection
and invite deconstruction – framing a unique space marked both by
synergy and by discord. Hijacked engages with the complexities of
contemporary photographic practice and documentation, its traditional
aims and its transforming technologies, and, as such, offers exceptional
insight into an emerging and otherwise evasive zeitgeist.
Australian Artists:
Narelle Autio, James Brickwood, Michael Corridore, Andrew Cowen,
Tamara Dean, Jackson Eaton, Suzie Fox, Lee Grant, Derek Henderson,
Rebecca Ann Hobbs, Ingvar Kenne, Bronek Kózka, Georgia Metaxas,
Conor O’Brien, Polixeni Papapetrou and Louis Porter
German Artists:
Johanna Ahlert, Natalie Bothur, Jörg Brüggemann, Thekla Ehling,
Albrecht Fuchs, Karsten Kronas, Anne Lass, Jens Liebchen, Myriam Lutz,
Julian Röder, Josef Schulz, Oliver Sieber, Ivonne Thein, Olaf Unverzart,
Jan Von Holleben and Sascha Weidner
Book edited by: Mark McPherson, Ute Noll and Markus Schaden
Text written by: Uta Daur, Bec Dean, Alasdair Foster, Bill Kouwenhoven,
Katja Melzer, Daniel Palmer and Katrina Schwarz
Design by: Fabio Ongarato Design