Bjarne Bare

HOSE VARIATIONS
Studies from Los Angeles and elsewhere
Bjarne Bare 2011
Cornerkiosk press
26x19cm
40 pages, 27 images
4 color offset
Softcover with embossed text
Perfect bound
Edition of 500
ISBN 978-82-998640-0-8
19 euro + shipping

Synopsis: How one keeps one’s garden hose is a visible, though commonly overlooked, sign of one’s moral attitude towards the social whole. Often communal property, easily tangled and damaged through neglect, a well-coiled hose shows one’s consideration for the next user and the proper functioning of the group. This beautifully printed book contains twenty-seven examples, taken from the backyards and sidewalks of Los Angeles, Oslo, and Buenos Aires. The hoses, wound and unwound, are at a once an exploration into the variations of coiled form and color, and provide a somehow intimate profile of the absent user.
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