I displayed two images, from a series I took in my house after a fire had happened.
The statement:
Photographs that
convey a ‘sense of place” blend the physical characteristics of a scene,
landscape or object with the mysterious essence that emerges from gradually and
perhaps unconsciously inhabiting a place over time. The photograph ceases to
become an objective document. Instead, it takes on a particular feeling that is
invested with something that is often intangible, revealing a deeper
understanding of what lies beneath the surface.
Returning to a place that once used to be a home and revisiting the remains after a fire was a means to regain control after feelings of complete powerlessness. Through my work, I could create something new from a near death experience, that gave myself a sense of understanding and healing. When flames and soot destroy a home, it transforms it into a melancholic, silent skeleton; a morbid beauty takes shape and invites an investigation in memory and trauma.
Images from the opening night and the other artists work:
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