Trampolines and Bouncy Castles

by James and Edward Newton

Taking direct influence from Bernd and Hilla Becher’s typographic work, ‘Trampolines & Bouncy Castles’ is an homage to their unswerving and focused representation of industrial architecture and their now iconic ‘white books’. Here, in an equally calculated pursuit, we replace the industrial facades and gas tanks with images of bouncy castles and trampolines found on websites such as EBay and Gumtree. By selecting images taken from a certain viewpoint and under grey flat skies we have sought to match the Becher’s visual uniformity.

This book is held in the MoMA New York library collection.

18.5 x 15 cm
2 books/2 posters in card slipcase
14 pages/12 b&w photographs per book
Inkjet printed
Published 2013
Edition of 50 (+ 2AP)