Brad Feuerhelm Metronumerical Artist Book Dummy Edition 1/1 2025
7.75×9.75 in
20×25 cm
240 Pages
Hardcover w/DJ
Artist Edition, first Printing.
One of two copies of Metronumerical. Signed presentation copy to collector. 1/1, with one artist proof.
Metronumerical is a series of photographs exploring the notions of verticality in urban space. Joined by abstraction, natural and unnatural forms give way to loose considerations of architecture. Line and shape are reduced. Red enters the frame, and isolated objects take on an alien, lifelike form. There is a suggestion of synthetic viewing: images crafted less by human perception and more through technical optics, suggesting an unusual form of deviated observation.
When traversing cities, our condition as bipedal animals is to consider the horizon. We look up to see buildings and the skyline, but rarely pivot to view what is directly overhead, as it defies the natural order of our physiognomy to do so. Metronumerical is a case study in urban observation. Within the book, forms meld by association and over the gutter to present new possibilities, contemporary grotesques. A hint of malice or uncanny possibility intervenes when human features intervene. Whisps of hair and clothing caught in trees signal distress. Military planes enter the frame overhead, and balconies present as odd reliquaries. Surveillance is a question as much as the electricity of the humming city center.
Metronumeral may be read through its coded subtext. Letters and numbers enter the book, and when carefully unpacked, present a potential to be read symbolically.
7.75×9.75 in
20×25 cm
240 Pages
Hardcover w/DJ
Artist Edition, first Printing.
One of two copies of Metronumerical. Signed presentation copy to collector. 1/1, with one artist proof.
Metronumerical is a series of photographs exploring the notions of verticality in urban space. Joined by abstraction, natural and unnatural forms give way to loose considerations of architecture. Line and shape are reduced. Red enters the frame, and isolated objects take on an alien, lifelike form. There is a suggestion of synthetic viewing: images crafted less by human perception and more through technical optics, suggesting an unusual form of deviated observation.
When traversing cities, our condition as bipedal animals is to consider the horizon. We look up to see buildings and the skyline, but rarely pivot to view what is directly overhead, as it defies the natural order of our physiognomy to do so. Metronumerical is a case study in urban observation. Within the book, forms meld by association and over the gutter to present new possibilities, contemporary grotesques. A hint of malice or uncanny possibility intervenes when human features intervene. Whisps of hair and clothing caught in trees signal distress. Military planes enter the frame overhead, and balconies present as odd reliquaries. Surveillance is a question as much as the electricity of the humming city center.
Metronumeral may be read through its coded subtext. Letters and numbers enter the book, and when carefully unpacked, present a potential to be read symbolically.
7.75×9.75 in
20×25 cm
240 Pages
Hardcover w/DJ
Artist Edition, first Printing.
One of two copies of Metronumerical. Signed presentation copy to collector. 1/1, with one artist proof.
Metronumerical is a series of photographs exploring the notions of verticality in urban space. Joined by abstraction, natural and unnatural forms give way to loose considerations of architecture. Line and shape are reduced. Red enters the frame, and isolated objects take on an alien, lifelike form. There is a suggestion of synthetic viewing: images crafted less by human perception and more through technical optics, suggesting an unusual form of deviated observation.
When traversing cities, our condition as bipedal animals is to consider the horizon. We look up to see buildings and the skyline, but rarely pivot to view what is directly overhead, as it defies the natural order of our physiognomy to do so. Metronumerical is a case study in urban observation. Within the book, forms meld by association and over the gutter to present new possibilities, contemporary grotesques. A hint of malice or uncanny possibility intervenes when human features intervene. Whisps of hair and clothing caught in trees signal distress. Military planes enter the frame overhead, and balconies present as odd reliquaries. Surveillance is a question as much as the electricity of the humming city center.
Metronumeral may be read through its coded subtext. Letters and numbers enter the book, and when carefully unpacked, present a potential to be read symbolically.