Would you recognize me if I were stripped bare, even? (The Black Box)

Would you recognize me if I were stripped bare, even? (The Black Box) refers to the ubiquity of the photographic image and how the pervasive use of image-capturing and distribution influence perception of identity, place and personal narrative.

Displayed in an archival black box, the still images are stripped of their original context and reorganized as a collection.

Images from the past juxtapose with images that reveal the future, and images of personal narrative coincide with images of scientific documentation, resulting in a contemplation of the evolving perception of public vs. private when photographic data is mediated via corporate digital platforms.

Viewers are encouraged to examine the images as data, evidence of a fragmented history, and to become active participants in the images’ arrangement and interpretation; ultimately reconstructing a new narrative.

The poem “The Coat Thief” by Jeffrey Davis is interspersed as text amongst the photographs.