Nice Walter Benjamin quote Cait ;)
On May 26, 2009, at 11:27 AM, cait willis wrote:
Greetings and Salutations!
As the weather warms, please join us at 108 Occidental Gallery for a
spectacle of light and spacial vertigo from local artist Curtiss
Erlinger.
Reception: First Thursday June 4th 6-9pm
light snacks and drinks
(after this thursday please call to set up a viewing)
Cassettes
“A spectacle of life not remembered but of life forgotten; like
dream images, these cinematic fragments are hieroglyphic clues to a
past illuminated at the very moment of its disappearance.” – Walter
Benjamin
In order to forever remember, memory is often objectified: monuments
are built to counter our collective amnesia, fleeting moments and
personal histories are recorded and preserved, everything
quantifiable is documented and catalogued as known. As we rely on
these presentations of permanence to fabricate our memory, we
relieve ourselves from the act of remembering, consequently enabling
the process of forgetting. My work examines the spectacle of “life
forgotten”: the slippery boundaries between the concrete logic of
scientific inquiry and the seductive, seemingly unbiased truth of
photography.
The shadowy works act in a filmic manner, artificially resurrecting
the fragmented dead, however impossible it may be. The fleeting
attempt to revitalize what has been lost only highlights the
inability to do so. Cultivating memory illuminates a serious
responsibility – memories cannot only be kept, they must also be
nurtured. – Curtis Erlinger
Image:
Bootleg
C-Print
2009
Hope to see you there!
Cait Willis
108 Occidental Gallery
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