Electronic Landscapes

Electronic Landscapes by Isaac Diggs and Edward Hillel, 2021 *2021 Aperture/ Paris Photo PhotoBook of the Year Shortlist *Hyperallergic’s 10 Best Photobooks of the Year Shortlist *final copies ​Electronic Landscapes: Music, Space and Resistance in Detroit (EL) celebrates Detroit’s techno, house and hip-hop musicians who construct home studios, renovate buildings and sustain community despite increasing pressure from land development and speculation. It sheds a fresh light on the city’s cultural significance and further contextualizes its current resurgence. Readers are invited to glimpse rarely seen aspects of Detroit’s electronic music culture, and to reflect on historic and contemporary places in Detroit’s landscape related to it. Featured musicians discuss their process and the significant link between race, space and cultural production, a theme expanded upon in critical texts by scholars Dora Apel and Carla Vecchiola, and internationally renowned DJ, John Collins. Artist and educator Isaac Diggs explores the urban fabric of cities in the United States and abroad. He has published books on Lagos and Los Angeles, and his photographs have been exhibited nationally and in Japan. Isaac received his B.A. in English Literature at Columbia University, M.F.A. in photography from Bard College and is core faculty at the School of Visual Arts in New York. His work is represented in public and private collections. Artist Edward Hillel focuses on themes including community, human rights, memory and place. Working in the spheres of archival research, documentary or performance, his process is a form of social practice, questioning hegemonic narratives within a framework of dialogue and collaboration. His work is represented in public and private collections, and has been widely exhibited and published. Design by Wax Studios 11 x 13.5” vertical 136 pages, swiss-bound softcover First Edition, Limited to 500 copies ISBN 978-1-954877-03-0 COLLECTIONS Cleveland Art Museum Getty Center Griffin Museum Hampshire College Maryland Institute College of Art Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Canada Schomburg Center / New York Public Library Tufts University University of Arkansas University of Maryland Baltimore School of Visual Arts Yale University