Lodown Magazine Vehicules

Past. Present. Future. The ongoing fascination with the possibilities of mobility certainly is rooted in our very own experiences and its related memories and imagination. It’s the view of this old-timer that triggers recollections of an early family vacation where you experienced different smells, sounds, and languages for the first time. It’s that sci-fi movie with its gloriously detailed depiction of space ships that made you spin your mind around time and space. It’s this particular locomotive vehicle that suddenly makes you experience freedom and individuality like never before.
On an artistic level, technology, power, design, speed, and the resulting noise made up for an alluring cocktail that has been sipped down by artists since the glorious days of Futurism some 115 years ago. The celebration of motorized vehicles as the most prominent symbol of modernity might have gotten a bit quieter and overall critical over the last decades, but its almost magical appeal to creative minds from all over the globe remains at an all-time high.
And that’s exactly why LODOWN’s 7th installment of the 'Vehicle' series delivers another elaborate and highly relevant view on the many different textual and medial approaches this topic has to offer.
Enjoy.
Godspeed.
And fasten your seat belts.

Highlights this issue include

ESTEVAN ORIOL - Depending on your demographic profile and location, your first point of contact with Chicano and Cholo culture might have happened through the elaborate calligraphy of Chaz Bojórquez. Or, maybe, it simply was the first pair of Dickies you proudly sported. It is most likely, though, that East LA and its associated cultures were not only introduced but gained a significant spot in your (pop) cultural vocabulary through the iconic photography of Estevan Oriol.

BOOGIE - Born in Belgrade, Serbia, but calling NYC his home since 1998 already, Boogie is a master of capturing the grim, brutal, and borderline grotesque stories the underbelly of this world’s metropolitan areas is giving birth to - from Kingston over Moscow to New York and Istanbul.

ADAM NORMANDIN - Los Angeles-based painter Adam Normandin might be known best for his ultra-realistic depictions of freight train cars, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that his paintings are rooted in reality. More than often placed in desolate settings, his trains (and automobiles) are covered in graffiti and tags, they’re corroded and bear testimony to constant usage as people and goods get transported to destinations others decided to be worth heading for.

WINNI WINTERMEYER - Wintermeyer, who was born and raised in Bochum but has lived in San Francisco for quite some time, splits his working hours between editorial work for prestigious clients including the Washington Post, Bloomberg, and Wired UK, as well as personal projects and fine-art photography. He soon got enthralled with the unintentional beauty that arose when viewed from above, evoking calligraphy and abstract art, where others may only see tire traces preserved on asphalt.

- Lodown Magazine is in English
- 27 x 21 cm
- 128 pages

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