Boombox 31

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Lyle Owerko
Boombox 31
2010

About the Item

In the time before Spotify, iPods, MP3s, and even the Sony Walkman, politics and identity were deeply woven into one’s choice of music. Punk, rap, hip-hop, and New Wave movements were gaining momentum, and music was giving a new voice and strength to people on society’s periphery. In the 1970s and early 1980s, some would blow through a paycheck’s worth of batteries to share their music with the world. Music mattered. The boombox was their muse and their messenger, and The Boombox Project memorializes this exciting time in America's cultural history. Lyle Owerko has been collecting and documenting boomboxes since he first discovered a mint condition late 1970s Victor JVC in Japan in 2001. Painstakingly photographing the boomboxes with his large-format Hasselblad camera, Owerko is able to bring out the most stunningly intricate details and personality of each machine. In 2010, Abrams published a book inspired by the series titled The Boombox Project: the machines, the music and the urban underground with a foreword by film director Spike Lee, and contributions by musical artists Fab 5 Freddy, LL Cool J, and Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. Owerko is a photographer, filmmaker, and modern day cultural anthropologist. His work has been featured on the cover of Time magazine as well as The New York Times, Communication Arts, The Village Voice, Blackbook, and New York Magazine. He was also included in Drawing From Life, published by Princeton Architectural Press, which includes works by Mike Figgis and David Byrne. Owerko has exhibited his work throughout America, and it is part of the permanent collection of The Victoria & Albert Museum in London. He has been named a Hasselblad Master, and has won awards from the New York Art Directors Club, the National Press Photographers Association, and American Photography.

Creator:
Lyle Owerko (Canadian)
Creation Year:
2010
Dimensions:
Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
Medium:
Archival Pigment
Movement & Style:
Photorealist
Period:
2010-
Condition:
12 x 16 is the image size. Paper size is 16 x 20. All sizes are in inches. Please note that the following sizes are available: - M: 28 x 42 image size, 30 x 44paper size - L: 42 x 63 image size, 44 x 65 paper size - XL: 58 x 87 image size, 60 x 90 p.
Gallery Location:
Charlotte, NC
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU35231541073