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Anton Kusters
1078 Blue Skies/4432 Days
- Kehrer
- by Texts by Jane E. Klinger, Fred Ritchin, Joan M. Walker. Designed by Teun van der Heijden, Heijdens Karwei
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| Publisher | Kehrer |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9783969000465 |
| Author(s) | Texts by Jane E. Klinger, Fred Ritchin, Joan M. Walker. Designed by Teun van der Heijden, Heijdens Karwei |
| Publication date | July 2021 |
| Edition | Hardback |
| Dimensions | 322 x 245 mm |
| Illustrations | 1078 col.ill. |
| Pages | 444 |
| Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
Over a sixyear period, Anton Kusters researched and photographed a blue sky at the last known location of every former Nazi Germany SS concentration camp and killing center across Europe. These camps existed for 4432 days, from 1933 to 1945, in a highly organized system of imprisonment, forced labor, and murder. More than half of these 1078 sites have no visual remains today. Every photograph is manually blindstamped with the number of victims beneath that sky, as well as its gps coordinates.
For The Blue Skies Project Belgian artist Anton Kusters (b. 1974) was nominated for the Prix Pictet 2019, and was a finalist for the 2020 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. The Blue Skies Project is curated by Monica Allende, and the exhibition installation is accompanied by a 13 year long tracking audio/visual piece by sound artist and composer Ruben Samama.
Exhibitions
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C., USA 2019-2021
C-Mine, Genk, Belgien / Belgium 13.03.30.05.2021
Rencontres d'Arles 2021, Cloître Saint-Trophime, Arles 04.07. - 29.08.2021
Further venues to be confirmed
Anton Kusters