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2026 / Photobook / Vol. 1

MEANS TO
AN END

MEANS TO AN END, book cover

About the
Publication

Oliver Bleckmann & Yannick Harter

MEANS TO AN END is a collaborative publication by Yannick Harter, Oliver Bleckmann, designer Ossian Osborne and writer Lara Hampe.

Drawing on freely accessible footage from YouTube and Instagram, the project examines the tension between human action, automation and digital representation.

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Editorial &
Publication

"What do two-meter-thick rollers sound like as they straighten steel at breakneck speed? What does it sound like when a rock is split by a hydraulic hammer? And what can be seen when a hundred pieces of wood are lifted upward with a single gripper arm?

Oliver Bleckmann and Yannick Harter's photobook gathers stills from the world of manufacturing - screenshots from videos uploaded by companies for promotional purposes. Glimpses into factories, workshop floors, and testing grounds. Into steel furnaces scattered across the globe, into production lines and laboratories.

A map of production roads. The offshoots of a DIN number. DIN 8580: the standard that organizes manufacturing processes into six subgroups: primary shaping and metal forming. Separating, joining, and coating. Changing material properties."

Excerpt from the editorial by Lara Hampe
Authors
Oliver Bleckmann, Yannick Harter
Title
MEANS TO AN END, Vol. 1
Year
2026
Pages
382
Format
200 x 270 mm
Paper
IGEPA TRND Weiß, 80 g/m²
Print
Buch- & Kunstdruckerei Keßler GmbH, Weimar
Binding
Buchbinderei Steinhagen, Weimar
Text / Editorial
Lara Hampe
Design
Ossian Osborne