About
07. Collection, 2008 is photographed on commission of the Dutch Governement (De Rijksoverheid) for a publication on the house style of the Dutch ministries by Studio Dumbar. Peters was asked to photograph various items in a chliché way of presenting a collection. The photos show office material and promotional gifts with the logos of the various ministries. In 2008 the State decided to adopt a single logo (designed by Studio Dumbar) and these identity bearers became redundant. Hence all the logos, displayed in the series will belong to a certain past, and will no longer carry a contemporaneity. The images are constructed in relation to ordinary aesthetics of displaying goods in buyers’ magazines. They are placed in a certain feeling of appeal and asking for a choice beneath. The series, not only display a gathering of items but also a stance of a governing body. The objects with logos are no longer mere objects but objects with identity and position. The items are displayers of materialisation of ideologies, sense of belonging and states of support.
The photographs were shown at TENT, Rotterdam (read exhibition review Tubelight, january 2009).
Size
analog c-prints of 4x5 inch fuji negative, 100x80cm, framed behind glass
07/01/07 (Collection, 2008)
07/02/07 (Collection, 2008)
07/03/07 (Collection, 2008)
07/04/07 (Collection, 2008)
07/05/07 (Collection, 2008)
07/06/07 (Collection, 2008)
07/07/07 (Collection, 2008)