Paans, Daan.

Letters from utopia / Daan Paans ; [editing, Frank van der Stok ; translations, Rosie Heinrich].

[Breda] : Eriskay Connection, ©2013.

158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, map, portraits ; 20 cm

'Letters from Utopia' is a documentary photographic research that studies groups who wish to extend the human life span extremely or even aim to become immortal. For this project Daan Paans visited five different movements and their key players who have a shot at an utopian world order. The stories range from an occult belief of the past to a scientific outlook for the future. Since time humans have been fascinated by the idea of an infinite life, with the ultimate goal of overcoming (one's own) mortality. First, a distinction should be made between the immortality of the soul and the immortality of the body. Leaving all forms of religious pre-occupations with the 'afterlife' aside, a fascinating domain remains within which the extension of life is thought about and experimented with in diverse manners. This is where the fascination of Daan Paans begins.

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Paans, Daan.
Paans, Daan 1985-
Longevity Pictorial works.
Immortality Pictorial works.
Photography, Artistic.
Longévité Ouvrages illustrés.
Immortalité Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Immortality
Longevity
Langlebigkeit
Unsterblichkeit
Fotodokumentation

photobooks.
Photobooks
Illustrated works
Livres de photographies.

Stok, Frank van der.
Heinrich, Rosie.

Location: Library main 285126
Call No.: BIB 224470
Status: Available