{"title":"Kominek Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks published by Kominek, available at Parallel Editions. Ships worldwide from Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sarah-van-rij-david-van-der-leeuw-metropolitan-melancholia","title":"Sarah Van Rij \u0026 David Van Der Leeuw - Metropolitan Melancholia","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMetropolitan Melancholia explores the complex push and pull of the modern city, and the weight of its textured histories. Alluring and repellent, cities intoxicate those they beckon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe leave our traces on them – if only in a passing shadow – as they leave their marks on us. But what happens when reality ruptures romantic visions, or when loneliness takes root in the midst of the sprawl? Can new fantasies form under the influence of what’s already been, or are we bound only to a cycle of familiar patterns?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhotographing New York from 2019 to 2022, long-term partners in life, work and love – David van der Leeuw and Sarah van Rij – brought their own distinct expectations to this iconic cityscape: maybe the most visually-mediated of any global metropolis. Together and apart, they walked its streets and absorbed its contours, along and beyond paths trodden by the ceaseless waves of artists, writers and filmmakers before them. For both, the camera was a means to grasp at New York’s contradictions, submit to its spells and think through its oppressive confines.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSurreal and painterly, their abstract images envelop city-dwellers in architectural compositions of light and shadow; cinematic fragments converge with splintered sketches of the everyday. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMore uneasy back-and-forth than one-sided love letter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMetropolitan Melancholia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e unties two poetic dialogues with the city.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYear: 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kominek Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShipping starts October 15th\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kominek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46995688096039,"sku":"MM1","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/7342\/5959\/files\/MM_Mockup_FRONT._DAVIDVANDERLEEUWSARAHVANRIJJPG_1024x1024_2x_d12935d8-f02b-4ab5-9057-ca8429909e2c.jpg?v=1693350969"},{"product_id":"vivianne-sassen-self-portraits-1989-1999","title":"Viviane Sassen - 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Alluring and repellent, cities intoxicate those they beckon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe leave our traces on them – if only in a passing shadow – as they leave their marks on us. But what happens when reality ruptures romantic visions, or when loneliness takes root in the midst of the sprawl? Can new fantasies form under the influence of what’s already been, or are we bound only to a cycle of familiar patterns?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhotographing New York from 2019 to 2022, long-term partners in life, work and love – David van der Leeuw and Sarah van Rij – brought their own distinct expectations to this iconic cityscape: maybe the most visually-mediated of any global metropolis. Together and apart, they walked its streets and absorbed its contours, along and beyond paths trodden by the ceaseless waves of artists, writers and filmmakers before them. For both, the camera was a means to grasp at New York’s contradictions, submit to its spells and think through its oppressive confines.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSurreal and painterly, their abstract images envelop city-dwellers in architectural compositions of light and shadow; cinematic fragments converge with splintered sketches of the everyday. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMore uneasy back-and-forth than one-sided love letter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMetropolitan Melancholia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e unties two poetic dialogues with the city. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYear: 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kominek Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShipping starts October 15th\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kominek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46995695468839,"sku":"MM1-S","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/7342\/5959\/files\/MM_Mockup_Back_DAVIDVANDERLEEUWSARAHVANRIJ_1024x1024_2x_b090c4bf-de85-43e6-a47d-ea3d66b9bde7.jpg?v=1698281035"}],"url":"https:\/\/paralleleditions.co\/en-ca\/collections\/kominek-books.oembed","provider":"Parallel Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}