About The Book
Hotel of Eternal Light is a visual investigation of dictatorships and totalitarian systems in the recent history of Europe. Using an example of the abuse of power by the Stasi, the secret political police of the former communist German Democratic Republic, the book focuses on the use of light as a form of control, torture and communication code.
Photos for the book were taken in the former secret Stasi prison in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen. Not knowing where they were being held, its former prisoners described it as the Hotel of Eternal Light, where constant artificial lighting was a tool to suspend time and annihilate their inner selves.
Book:
-> Hotel of Eternal Light
About The Artist
Karolina Spolniewski graduated from Technical University Berlin in Psychology (M.Sc.). She studied Photography B.A. at Berlin University of Art and Design. In her work she explores radical human experiences of not belonging to the world. Her long-term project called Hotel of Eternal Light, is a visual investigation into the field of regimes and totalitarian systems during the recent history of Europe.
Artist:
-> Karolina Spolniewski
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About The Publisher
Established in 2012, BLOW UP PRESS is a family run publisher of photobooks and lens-based art books. Originally online publisher, BUP switched to paper in 2016. Next to the books, BUP also publishes doc! photo magazine dedicated to contemporary photography. Since 2020, BUP organises annual contest BUP Book Award which goal is to promote photobooks as a way of communicate important subjects.
Publisher:
-> BLOW UP PRESS
