Every Building on the Ginza Strip

Baden: Kodoji, 2018.
ISBN: 9783037470930
Condition: Fine
Softcover in slipcase
First Edition

In 1954 Japanese writer and artist Shohachi Kimura published GINZA HACCHO, with photographs by Yoshikazu Suzuki of every building on Ginza Street in Tokyo as an accordion foldout book. Twelve years later, Ed Ruscha published EVERY BUILDING ON THE SUNSET STRIP in almost exactly the same style. While the latter has become a touchstone of conceptual publications and artists’ books, its predecessor remains largely unknown.  Appropriating Shohachi Kimura’s (and Ed Ruscha's) work, Michalis Pichler’s accordion-folded book opens up to a fourteen-foot strip of photographs of EVERY BUILDING ON THE GINZA STREET of today, each building identified by a street number. Crossroads are also identified with captions. Photographed from a car driving past, the individual photos were then pasted together to make the long accordion fold. Paper joins are visible throughout the book. Item #18723

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Every Building on the Ginza Strip. Michalis Pichler.
Every Building on the Ginza Strip. Michalis Pichler.
Every Building on the Ginza Strip. Michalis Pichler.