adrift on the signal
In ADRIFT ON THE SIGNAL, I wanted to capture the random, nonlinear nature of time and memory as I see it. This idea was inspired, in part, by short wave radio enthusiasts who scan the airwaves and capture signals from around the world—long minutes of an Indian pop song, suddenly Muslim prayers, followed by short burps and beeps, a German operatta, and sometimes a solitary voice counting. It is random, striking moments I was trying to capture in this exhibition.
As an artist, one of the challenges I face is to be true to my instincts and my notion of what beauty is. One of the greatest influences on this notion of beauty is a sense of otherness, of being different. I find beauty in strange moments and strange places and try to communicate those things through my work. The photographs in this exhibit reflect that personal sense of beauty.
The images are from polaroid, 35mm, and medium format film that I've shot over the past 20 years. Each print was scanned and resized, but for the most part, left unchanged from the quality of the original. Some of the prints had been damaged, some had intentional flaws that I created while shooting, others blurred or distorted because of the quality of the camera used. A few are found prints. While they may not be considered conventionally good photographs, each represents a kind of beauty to me that comes from the moment, from viewing the world from the outside.
As an artist, one of the challenges I face is to be true to my instincts and my notion of what beauty is. One of the greatest influences on this notion of beauty is a sense of otherness, of being different. I find beauty in strange moments and strange places and try to communicate those things through my work. The photographs in this exhibit reflect that personal sense of beauty.
The images are from polaroid, 35mm, and medium format film that I've shot over the past 20 years. Each print was scanned and resized, but for the most part, left unchanged from the quality of the original. Some of the prints had been damaged, some had intentional flaws that I created while shooting, others blurred or distorted because of the quality of the camera used. A few are found prints. While they may not be considered conventionally good photographs, each represents a kind of beauty to me that comes from the moment, from viewing the world from the outside.
