From Research to Production
My current work, Veil, grew out of four summers of fieldwork in Rwanda and includes images and interviews with survivors and perpetrators of genocide, guided by Claudine Uwamahoro, and my interest in family stories. Over the past year, I would receive translations of the interviews week by week, and then step back from the pages of conversation and ask, “What does this make?” I would watch the video-taped interviews as I read, looking from transcript to image to feel the stories surfacing. The connections between words and images grew more complicated.
The book form, exhibited in July and August, 2107, at the Southern Vermont Art Center, most lent itself to the unfolding of my experiences and interviews.
The common thread is the frustration of our desire for simple resolutions. I hope that Veil will challenge us to ask:
How do we construct our stories? What shapes the story we long to tell? From where do we gather our sources?
The narration of others? The still photograph?
Does it matter what’s real or not? Who/what is the arbiter of reality?
I invite you to explore the sections of this website which divide the multi-modal aspects of my project into three avenues:
Research & Development, Collaborations, and Production.
The book form, exhibited in July and August, 2107, at the Southern Vermont Art Center, most lent itself to the unfolding of my experiences and interviews.
The common thread is the frustration of our desire for simple resolutions. I hope that Veil will challenge us to ask:
How do we construct our stories? What shapes the story we long to tell? From where do we gather our sources?
The narration of others? The still photograph?
Does it matter what’s real or not? Who/what is the arbiter of reality?
I invite you to explore the sections of this website which divide the multi-modal aspects of my project into three avenues:
Research & Development, Collaborations, and Production.