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This Side of Paradise (signed)

by Reiner Riedler

Photographs: Reiner Riedler

Text: Reiner Riedler in conversation with Rebekka Reuter

Publisher: WestLicht / Peter Coeln

96 pages

Year: 2022

ISBN: 978-3-9503353-9-2

Price: 39 €

Comments: Edition of 400 copies, Softcover, 40 x 29 cm

"This Side of Paradise" is a photo project that has kept Reiner Riedler busy for many years. For a long time it was just observations that the artist recorded, until these manifested themselves and led to a long-term project. A work about Austria, a mirror of the Austrian soul.

Since 2003 Riedler has been photographing festivals/events in Austria, mass events that are less anchored in tradition, culture or in connection with the church, but are rather borne by the idea of event culture. As the antithesis of the folk festival, they have established themselves as a new form of leisure entertainment or utilise the potential of historical folk festivals, for example when Krampus festivals are held in places where they have never traditionally taken place. I am interested in these events as a free space in which social barriers and rules have been suspended, for example at the Vienna Danube Island Festival, the GTI meeting at Lake Wörthersee, ski races in Kitzbühel, Krampus festivals, bodybuilding events, erotic fairs and carnival events.
This poster book is published in conjunction with the exhibition REINER RIEDLER - THIS SIDE OF PARADIESE at WestLicht Museum for Photography, Vienna, from arch 4th , 2022, to May 15.

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This Side of Paradise (signed)

by Reiner Riedler

Photographs: Reiner Riedler

Text: Reiner Riedler in conversation with Rebekka Reuter

Publisher: WestLicht / Peter Coeln

96 pages

Year: 2022

ISBN: 978-3-9503353-9-2

Price: 39 €

Comments: Edition of 400 copies, Softcover, 40 x 29 cm

"This Side of Paradise" is a photo project that has kept Reiner Riedler busy for many years. For a long time it was just observations that the artist recorded, until these manifested themselves and led to a long-term project. A work about Austria, a mirror of the Austrian soul.

Since 2003 Riedler has been photographing festivals/events in Austria, mass events that are less anchored in tradition, culture or in connection with the church, but are rather borne by the idea of event culture. As the antithesis of the folk festival, they have established themselves as a new form of leisure entertainment or utilise the potential of historical folk festivals, for example when Krampus festivals are held in places where they have never traditionally taken place. I am interested in these events as a free space in which social barriers and rules have been suspended, for example at the Vienna Danube Island Festival, the GTI meeting at Lake Wörthersee, ski races in Kitzbühel, Krampus festivals, bodybuilding events, erotic fairs and carnival events.
This poster book is published in conjunction with the exhibition REINER RIEDLER - THIS SIDE OF PARADIESE at WestLicht Museum for Photography, Vienna, from arch 4th , 2022, to May 15.

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