From Border Policing via Weather Forecast to Social Engineering: A Visual Study of 21st-Century Statehood
Edited with text by Lars Willumeit. Text by Roland Bleiker, Philip Di Salvo, Jonas Hagmann.
An artist's diagrammatic dissection of the national security culture that has swept the West
In this hybrid artist's book, Switzerland-based artist Salvatore Vitale (born 1986) explores Switzerland's national security measures by focusing instructions, protocols and bureaucracies pertaining to security, which he visualizes in photographs, diagrams and graphic illustrations.
Switzerland, well known as one of the safest countries on earth and a prime example of efficiency and efficacy, has developed a culture based on protection, supported by the presence and production of national security. When in 2014 the Swiss voted in favor of an initiative "against massive immigration," Vitale, an immigrant living in Switzerland, decided to research this phenomenon in order to comprehend the origin for this constant need for security and how it became part of Swiss culture. The result is a case study that can be used to explain the global context for notions of security and the functioning of contemporary societies.
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FORMAT: Hbk, 8.25 x 10.5 in. / 280 pgs / 209 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $40.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $55 ISBN: 9783037785973 PUBLISHER: Lars Müller Publishers AVAILABLE: 7/23/2019 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: NA ONLY
Salvatore Vitale: How to Secure a Country From Border Policing via Weather Forecast to Social Engineering: A Visual Study of 21st-Century Statehood
Published by Lars Müller Publishers. Edited with text by Lars Willumeit. Text by Roland Bleiker, Philip Di Salvo, Jonas Hagmann.
An artist's diagrammatic dissection of the national security culture that has swept the West
In this hybrid artist's book, Switzerland-based artist Salvatore Vitale (born 1986) explores Switzerland's national security measures by focusing instructions, protocols and bureaucracies pertaining to security, which he visualizes in photographs, diagrams and graphic illustrations.
Switzerland, well known as one of the safest countries on earth and a prime example of efficiency and efficacy, has developed a culture based on protection, supported by the presence and production of national security. When in 2014 the Swiss voted in favor of an initiative "against massive immigration," Vitale, an immigrant living in Switzerland, decided to research this phenomenon in order to comprehend the origin for this constant need for security and how it became part of Swiss culture. The result is a case study that can be used to explain the global context for notions of security and the functioning of contemporary societies.
