In the book's second chapter, work is shown that tells a story that has begun to develop. In Alejandro Almanza Pereda's photograph AHEAD AND BEYOND OF EVERYONE'S TIME,SPACE AND RHYTHM,for example,a large disco ball is cap tured at the moment before it swings wrecking-ball-style into a formal table set with china, cloth napkins,candles,and flowers.

Movement, tension, balance, and surprise are being increasingly explored in today's visual culture. More and more cutting-edge design, photography, and art depicts subjects that initially appear to be stable or to be symmetrical. But upon closer examination, each image tells a story.Or, more aptly, it triggers a story in the viewer's mind that shows the inevitable events that will develop out of the portrayed circumstances.

ERRATIC documents recent, often playful creative investigations that reveal a range of narrative qualities inherent in single images. At the same time, the featured work makesclear that even conditions of alleged stability or balance can come to an abrupt end at any time.

Introduction

EXPOSITION

RISING ACTION

CLIMAX

FALLING ACTION

DENOUEMENT

Index

Imprint