”I developed an instinct. I could sense which turn-offs would lead to a great catch.\u00a0I learned to put myself in the shoes of the various people who had abandoned the wreck or encoded it into the new space”<\/p>\n
In his travels over the past decade, mainly around the Greek isles, but also in Mexico, Central Bohemia and other regions, V\u00e1clav Jir\u00e1sek has collected over 900 deserted cars \u201cin improbable situations\u201d. Over time he began to categorise them based on their condition or the situation they found themselves in. A quick death on the road gazes out from some; others are overgrown with vegetation as a reminder of the invincibility of nature while still others seem to be dancing despite gravity, playing a part in some mysterious story, an amateur installation, or serving as a shelter and prison for dogs and other animals. The number of discarded cars increases every year and they are becoming a natural part of the landscape, like the ruins of mediaeval castles or romantic elements in an English park. In Jir\u00e1sek\u2019s photographs, composed with the imagination of a painter, most of all they remind us people \u2013 whether literally, with their sometimes comical, sometimes melancholic deformed masks and bodies,\u00a0or as a reminder of human activity: fascinating creativity, care, irresponsibility, aggression, cruelty, rage, faith, or sheer inconceivability.<\/p>\n
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Editor and text: Michal Nanoru<\/p>\n
Graphic design: Mikul\u00e1\u0161 Mach\u00e1\u010dek<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"”I developed an instinct. I could sense which turn-offs would lead to a great catch.\u00a0I learned to put myself in the shoes of the various people who had abandoned the wreck or encoded it into the new space” In his travels over the past decade, mainly around the Greek isles, but also in Mexico, Central… View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n