![]() ![]() Nowhere are we more human than as humans among humans. And ‘As a symbol and ultimate realization of our all qualities and weaknesses, the metropolis is our habitat. The poet and author Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer wrote in his essay Metropolises, for the book accompanying the exhibition: ‘A metropolis is a cacophony of stories, the most fascinating drama ever written, and one that will never end’. The exhibition features a selection of 42 photographs that sum up the photographer’s vision. ![]() Losekoot’s psychological and sociological journey has led him from Hong Kong, Istanbul, Lagos and London to Mexico City, Mumbai, New York, São Paulo and Seoul. But I realized over time that we have more in common with each other than we do differences.’ In the meantime, he has taken his project to nine global metropolises. ‘What most interested me at first were the cultural differences in each city. He uses the street and the public arena as a modern no man’s land to zoom in on our hidden private lives. Having become fascinated by the most powerful wave of urbanization in history, he was keen to explore the dynamics of the Urban Millennium. No longer a mere extra, this passer-by becomes an enigmatic character in an open-ended script.īas Losekoot embarked on his photography project more than a decade ago in New York. A kind of heightened realism is assumed by the chosen figure. Losekoot freezes anonymous passers-by as they hurry to unknown destinations. The momentary stillness of the photographs lends his work a dramatic charge. He picks out the individual in the commuter crowd as this intricate ballet unfolds in railway stations, tunnels and streets. With us, its inhabitants, moving around it as urban animals.’ The artist and photographer Bas Losekoot (1979) observes our behaviour, attitudes and the choreography we perform together in our modern megacities. ‘I visualize the city as one big organism. Streetview explores the photographer Bas Losekoot’s vision of life in densely populated and ever-expanding cities. ![]() Museum MORE is focusing this autumn on the human being in the metropolis. Streetview Bas Losekoot By Robert van Rixtel 19-12-2022 ![]()
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