Pauline Oltheten - Walk on a Line, the Idea to Deviate from it, for Example in a Film: Photos from Japan and My Archive - Tapa blanda

Paulien Oltheten (b. 1982) travels the globe with her camera, casually but precisely capturing photos and video footage of people who are hanging around and tagging along. "Walk on a line" is a compilation of photos and film stills that were recently shot in Japan in combination with images, short texts and sketches from her extensive archive. Through her novel handling of the medium, within the tradition of documentary street photography, Oltheten occupies a prominent position in Dutch contemporary photography and art. "Walk on a line" is a book about ideas, about lines, folds and wrinkles, about interstitiary spaces and traces. Whether everyday or absurd, real or stage-managed, the images are above all terribly infectious. Exhibition: Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, from 9 April to 19 June 2011.