A.A.V.V., THE LIGHT OBSERVER Issue n°02, 2020

From the philosopher Alain Badiou experimenting with ‘luminous blackness’ to the photographer Duane Michals trying to ‘see his friend’s head dissolve into pure light’, this issue presents, among others, Olafur Eliasson, Alex Foxton, Amiko Li, La Maison de Verre, Tommaso Protti. It also presents exclusive works by Caroline Denervaud: a series of collages inspired by the words of John Berger.

Featured Contributors
Alain Badiou, Edmund Burke, Aslı Çavuşoğlu, Olafur Eliasson, Alex Foxton, Alfred Hitchcock, Xavi Prat, Tommaso Protti, Amiko Li, La Maison de Verre, Duane Michals, Luca Scandura, and an exclusive series of artworks by Caroline Denervaud.

Top Articles
Interview with Turkish artist Aslı Çavuşoğlu on her project ANNEX

Article on Olafur Eliasson’s approach to light and experience

Interview with painter Alex Foxton on his process and relationship with light

Photo series and text by Amiko Li

Interview with fashion photographer Xavi Prat

Interview with documentary photographer Tommaso Protti about his Amazonia project

Thoughts
Essay on La Maison de Verre by writer and architecture expert Andrew Ayers

Analysis of Hitchcock’s groundbreaking film Rebecca and its dramatic use of light by cinematographer George Barnes, written by Hugo Berger

Interview with philosopher Alain Badiou on light, Plato, Hegel, Perec, Barthes, Malevich and Soulages

Essay on The Illuminated Man by Duane Michals, written by photography curator Ilaria Campioli

Excerpt from The Sublime and the Beautiful in Light, by philosopher Edmund Burke

Collaborations
Series of collages by French artist Caroline Denervaud based on words by English writer and poet John Berger

Illustration and Rebus by Italian illustrator Luca Scandurra

Fashion series and photographs by fashion designer Marine Armandin and photographer Eleonora Paciullo