Object, Place, Memory

Using the camera as a tool for excavation, we will
explore our unique perspectives, memories and
experiences in order to situate ourselves in the
image making process and the world. Specifically
working to explore our relationship to objects, we
will look at: what meaning objects hold both
subjectively and objectively, how they become
important as objects, and their symbolic
inscriptions. We will look at how our physical
interaction with objects and their arrangement
becomes a performative act, along with the site in
which they are situated, inspiring and pushing the
meaning further. We will explore the
cultural/historical connection to objects to
further inform our practice and look such
histories of the amateur and institutional
collection of indigenous artifacts, the long
history of still life paintings and photographs,
cabinets of curiosities, and Día de los Muertos
ofrendas as examples of our long relationship and
fascination with objects. Ultimately our
photographic exploration will connect and
extricate meaning from the things we surround
ourselves with (from the mundane to treasures) and
how we represent them and ourselves to others.