Carlo Mollino: Giappone 1970 Fleur Jaeggy making reference to Jonathan Crary

making reference to Jonathan Crary

describing the present on a machine that was already considered technologically outdated

This audacious manifesto draws on the legacies of bell hooks

His pieces are suspended in the studio

and the pulsing and ambiences of synths and electronics

Carlo Mollino: Giappone 1970 Fleur Jaeggy making reference to Jonathan CraryIn May 1970, Carlo Mollino arrived in Osaka for the Universal Exposition. It was a long journey, with stop offs in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Kyoto. He had a camera with him and, little by little, he grew to love a civilisation which he then scarcely knew. He was fascinated by the women, the traditional places (temples, gardens and pagodas), but also by the new architecture, the details in the constructions and the swarming crowds. Mollino captures