{"product_id":"ryan-spencer-there-is-no-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-because-the-tunnel-is-made-of-light","title":"Ryan Spencer - There Is No Light at the End of the Tunnel Because the Tunnel Is Made of Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eTBW Books 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn 1996, rock band The Afghan Whigs released their album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBlack Love,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ea musical opus that changed the lives of many of the group’s loyal followers. The well-known lore that a film would accompany the record never came to fruition, leaving devotees to wonder what such a visual accompaniment might have looked like.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThere Is No Light at the End of the Tunnel Because the Tunnel Is Made of Light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Ryan Spencer’s personal rendering of this mythical film (that never was) in book form. Using stills from neo-noir films set in Los Angeles that could quite possibly exist as scenes from the imagined moving picture, and with a keen understanding of and appreciation for photography and old cinema, the artist stitches together a narrative directed by the song titles and linear narratives of The Afghan Whigs’ epic record. Rebecca Bengal’s fictional essay anchors the book’s stylized, physical “pulp” qualities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePaperback with colored edges\u003cbr\u003e272 pages, 124 plates\u003cbr\u003e4.25 x 7 in. \/ 108 x 178 mm\u003cbr\u003eEssay by Rebecca Bengal\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations by Chummy Alexanian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-942953-63-0\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TBW Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54085695701319,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/7901\/1655\/files\/TINL_Front.jpg?v=1780732704","url":"https:\/\/bildbandberlin.com\/products\/ryan-spencer-there-is-no-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-because-the-tunnel-is-made-of-light","provider":"Bildband Berlin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}