We Don't Have The Option Of Turning Away From The Future

by Oliver Payne (Artist), Nick Relph (Artist), Sune Nordgren (Contributor)

Not just anyone gets to be the subject of a Taschen book, and British filmmakers Oliver Payne and Nick Relph are no exception. This is not a Taschen book. But in keeping with the carefree, phantasmagorical attitude that pulsates through their cinematic essays, Payne and Relph have decided to title their book Taschen , thereby adding a Taschen book to their bibliography without actually having to fit the publishing company's profile. Their videos and films reflect the zeitgeist of a young, urban generation, a world in which teenage garage bands bang away, kids grope each other in the subway, and too many people wear those awful masks from Scream . It's not an ironic point of view; as the artists exclaim in gold lettering on the front We don't have the option of turning away from the future.

126 pages, Hardcover

First published August 2, 2004