Archive for the ‘Installation’ Category
Anne Hardy
Text from http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/anne_hardy.htm Strange, fantastical, and a wee bit unsettling, Anne Hardy’s photographs invite glimpses into imaginary places, each suggesting fictions of a very surreal nature. Working in her studio, Hardy builds each of her sets entirely from scratch; a labour intensive process of constructing a barren room, then developing its elaborate interior down to […]
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Arnaud Maggs – installations
Filed under: alternative photographic techniques, Archive & Photography, Arnaud Magg, Installation, Martha Langford, Materiality, Memory Objects, Photograph as Document, Photograph as object, The Archive, The Collection, Working with the archive | 3 Comments
Lorie Novak: Interiors
Empty rooms are filled with “projections” replaying psychological and emotional events. http://lorienovak.com/
Filed under: Familial relations & Photography, Family album, Identification & Photography, Installation, Lorie Novak, Memory & Context, Memory & Photography, using projection, Vernacular Photography | Leave a Comment
June Clark
Amazing work using and manipulating found photographs. “June was born and brought up in Harlem, New York City. She emigrated to Canada in 1968, became a Canadian citizen and currently lives and works in Toronto.” Date made: 1989 Materials: photo etching (with text) Text reads: Grandma said, “when you pick your husband, think of what […]
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Julian Walker
From his website: http://walkerjulian.tripod.com/id34.html Most of my work is site-specific; where it is not, it is strongly referencing an idea or set of ideas. In this sense it is reactive, exploring how I can understand specific bits of the world, or exploring how other people have done so. Hence my interest in museums, collections and […]
Filed under: Installation, Julian Walker, Materiality, Memory Objects, The Archive, The Collection, Touch/Tactile Perception, Working with the archive | Closed
Mohini Chandra – Album Pacifica
One of my favourite works. It tells us more about photography than seeing ‘the photograph’ ever could. Buy the book here: http://www.cornerhouse.org/books/info.aspx?ID=745&page=0 I have scanned the images myself so hopefully this won’t have any copyright issues – but I want more people to be able to see this work!
Filed under: Content vs Materiality of Photographs, Familial relations & Photography, Family album, Installation, Materiality, Memory & Photography, Mohini Chandra, Narrative & Photography, Observer & the Photograph, Photograph as object, using found photography, Vernacular Photography | Leave a Comment
Labyrinth (My Mother’s Album) is a large-scale installation consisting of a series of narrow corridors leading in a maze-like double spiral. The viewer enters the installation through a door and is lead through progressively shorter corridors at right angles until he or she enters a small space in the centre of the labyrinth. This room, […]
Filed under: Archive & Photography, Family album, Ilya Kabakov, Installation, Memory & Context, Memory & Photography, Memory Objects, Narrative & Photography, using found photography | 2 Comments
