Metamorphosis: The Reuse of Albanian Bunkers from the Communist Era by Hackman, Robert

Metamorphosis: The Reuse of Albanian Bunkers from the Communist Era (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781911306429)

Vendor: Robert Hackman
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Format: Hardcover
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Metamorphosis: The Reuse of Albanian Bunkers from the Communist Era by Hackman, Robert

Metamorphosis: The Reuse of Albanian Bunkers from the Communist Era

$45.00
Metamorphosis: The Reuse of Albanian Bunkers from the Communist Era by Hackman, Robert

Metamorphosis: The Reuse of Albanian Bunkers from the Communist Era

$45.00
Format: Hardcover
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To strengthen his own political position, Albania's dictator Enver Hoxha (who ruled from 1944 to 1985), convinced his people that the outside world wished to invade their communist 'paradise'. Unable to afford advanced technological deterrents during the Cold War years, the country's communist regime built a costly and extensive network of military bunkers, allocating huge physical and economic resources in a frenzy of construction. Today the people of Albania reuse and recycle these in ways that are both extraordinary and varied: as cafes, homes, restaurants, swimming pools, barns, bridges and water tanks. Over several years Robert Hackman has photographed these strange mushroom-like structures which have now also become an element in Albania's burgeoning tourism industry.

Author: Robert Hackman
ISBN-10: 1911306421
ISBN-13: 9781911306429
Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2019
Pages: 104
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 12.00w x 0.70d
By Robert Hackman
By Robert Hackman
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Born to an Australian mother and a British father, Robert Hackman moved to London in 1995. His work is primarily documentary and focuses largely on the Balkans, which he visits regularly. Genti Gjikola, former Head of Exhibitions at the Albanian National Gallery of Arts, also provides an illuminating introduction. In April 2018 he became curator for the Centre for Openness and Dialogue (COD), a unique art-and-culture space at the Office of the Prime Minister of Albania.

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