Oceans of Dreams
I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night Collages
door David Björkman
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Over het boek
After graduating, he stopped working the collages to embark on a two-year spiritual Journey to the East. While living in Athens events pointed him into photography and for the next 30 years he worked as an international photojournalist and war photographer. During this time he has been smuggled across borders at night, and survived a helicopter being shot out from under him. He has slept on the floor of a Lakota Sioux holy man's house for months at a time to complete a book assignment. He has been a member of the Explorers Club, photographing the Chagres River Expedition into the Darien Jungle of Panama. A Mayanist he has spent the last 16 years photographing the Maya and the rebuilding of their pyramids. He has lead special tours and has scoured the jungles for hidden pyramids.
In 2013, while walking on the beach in southern California, an epiphany brought him back to working with collage, thus completing a long cycle. Now David has created an adventure, a fascinating, visceral layering of elements evocative of what he calls Dreamland. He uses the surrealistic metaphor of dreams to project a mysterious, literary, sometimes biting, sometimes humorous commentary on our contemporary culture.
Here the viewer journeys into dreamlike narratives entitled That First Door; That Early Attempt; That Bike Race; That Oxkintok Prophesy; That Giant Sunflower; That Literary Dialogue, That Time Travel; That Fleeting Moment; That Final Cut; That Apocalyptic Army; and others. But beware my friend, beware, because you could easily end up in That Sound Bath.
kenmerken / functionaliteiten & details
- Hoofdcategorie: Beeldende kunst
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Projectoptie: Standaard staand, 20×25 cm
Aantal pagina's: 212 - Datum publiceren: nov 30, 2014
- Taal English
- Trefwoorden Black & White, David Bjorkman, Max Ernst, Dreams, Commentary, Humor, Collage, Surrealism
Over de maker
During his career, David Björkman has worked as a photojournalist, war photographer, art director, Minimalist Color Field painter, fine arts instructor, collage artist, book illustrator, and book publisher. As a photojournalist, he has been smuggled across borders at night and survived a chopper being shot out from under him. His photographs have been published in magazines in over 20 countries. To complete a book project,-he slept on the floor of a Lakota Sioux medicine man's house for weeks at a time. He met writer Victoria Thomas while on assignment to document the Explorer's Club Chagres River expedition, (Flag 172), into the Darien Gap of Panama, to undertake an archaeological survey of a Chocó settlement, and to collect Chocó artifacts for the Smithsonian Institution. This settlement belonged to Chocó Chief Antonio Zarco, who taught the original U.S. Apollo astronauts jungle survival in case their capsule landed in the tropics on reentry. Together they founded Zone913, Inc