THE MACHINE
[EDITORIAL DESIGN, BOOK CONSTRUCTION]
Motorcycles have found their place in the world as a common vehicle. In some areas, it is relied on as the main form of transportation, integrated as a mundane part of daily life. In others, it is seen as a luxury that is associated with recklessness and excitement. Intimacy is a sensation that, as difficult as it is to define, is impossible to untangle from our lives. It exists alongside us, integral to the human experience.
Despite their inherent differences, motorcycles and intimacy have a significant amount of overlap. Both are associated with some level of danger and fear while simultaneously encouraging freedom and a forward progression. This publication aims to deconstruct the phenomenon of human intimacy by paralleling different motorcycle parts and their functions with correlating characteristics of intimacy. The engine to vulnerability, line drawings to photographs, the physical to the conceptual. This exploration of intimacy mirrors the structure of motorcycle mechanics to better understand and demystify its workings.
The machine is a collection of working parts, a collaboration between everything that is intended to keep it functioning. Perhaps machinery is present in the facets of life that we do not expect.
