{"id":6639,"date":"2018-07-18T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6639"},"modified":"2018-07-20T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T15:14:26","slug":"book-launch-with-jacob-koestler","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/event\/book-launch-with-jacob-koestler\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch with Jacob Koestler"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Print Center is very pleased to host the launch of
\nJacob Koestler<\/strong>‘s\u00a0photobook titled\u00a0Everybody Wants Somewhere<\/strong><\/em>.<\/h3>\n

Please join us for the book signing.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Koestler’s work was selected from the 92nd ANNUAL Competition to receive a solo exhibition at The Print Center.\u00a0Jacob Koestler: Copy of a Copy<\/em> <\/a>is currently on view through August 4, 2018.<\/p>\n

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Everybody Wants Somewhere
\n<\/em>Jacob Koestler
\nDesign by Elana Schlenker
\n96 pages
\n73 black & white photographs
\nSoft cover | perfect bound | 9\u201d x 7\u201d
\nFirst edition of 250
\n\u00a9 2018 Jacob Koestler<\/p>\n

Photographs by Jacob Koestler
\nEssay by Gary Sampson
\nProduced with support from:
\nFred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Foundation
\nCatLABS of JP<\/p>\n

The book will be available for purchase for $30.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe stark character of modernist ideology persists in the built environment all around us.\u00a0 From its onset early in the 20th century, the singular urge to strip away ornament, seen as a marker of exploitation, signified the architect\u2019s desire to meet the needs of workers and to seek meaning in the new materials of construction, with the promise of social liberation from the tyranny of class, including the vagaries of fashion. The photographs of Jacob Koestler would cast doubt on the success of these ideals in light of contemporary realities.\u00a0 As one contemplates Everybody Wants Somewhere<\/em>, a kind of salvage operation occurs regarding the remnants of places of labor, the impenetrable windows of sequestered lives, the construction and massing of skyscrapers, the dismal evidence of economic disparity without so much as a figure.\u00a0 One may want to avoid any serious investigation of these typically shunned, unappealing elements, but this reclamation through the photographer\u2019s intelligent, perceptual and bodily reconnoitering and chance selectivity in seeing, however, may defeat the immediate response to look away.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Gary Sampson
\nEverybody Wants Somewhere<\/em>, 2018<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn Copy of a Copy <\/em>[currently on view at The Print Center], Koestler distinguishes between making and looking at photographs, actions which have become almost simultaneous but once were separated by developing \u2026 Several images come from the series Everybody Wants Somewhere<\/em>. The most absorbing are twins, \u201cWest Coast View (Overexposed)\u201d and \u201cWest Coast View (Underexposed).\u201d Seen across a gallery, the former seems an empty canvas while its sibling appears a black hole. Details emerge on approach, but it never feels like everything is visible. This is Koestler\u2019s point: from a distance, things tend to look black or white. To understand, you have to get closer.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Pamela J. Forsythe
\nPerception vs. Memory<\/em>,<\/a> Broad Street Review, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0 The Print Center is very pleased to host the launch of Jacob Koestler‘s\u00a0photobook titled\u00a0Everybody Wants Somewhere. Please join us for the book signing. Koestler’s work was selected from the 92nd ANNUAL Competition to receive a solo exhibition at The … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-6639","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6682,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6639\/revisions\/6682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6639"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=6639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}