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Thanks for information about this exhibit, Chris. Sounds kinda
depressing; sorry I missed it. ;) It's funny-- I started doing alt
processes many years ago, precisely because I got tired of the
discontinuation (or changing of) great commercial papers and films.
Maybe the reason a lot of us don't post is that we're busy making
photographs and/or printing and/or griping about/intrigued by/
volunteering for this presidential election cycle, still getting over
our sadness that one of our favorites (ie, John Edwards) has opted
out, and-- you know-- just generally living our lives. I could be
wrong, of course.
Just speaking for me, sometimes a topic comes up that either holds
very little interest, or I know nothing about it (more likely), so I
don't bother to post. Sometimes I notice people post, and no one ever
responds, so we go back to living our lives and try to detach
ourselves from the computer.
Just my 2 cents. :)
On Feb 4, 2008, at 9:36 AM, Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
David,
There hasn't been a lot of posting lately.
Except the 20 from Robin Dreyer today.
I hold myself back from posting at times hoping that others will
post, too, but I think there are probably about 500 people on the
list that lurk and don't post--one time I counted the names of
people who posted in any given month and it was about 100.
Or maybe it was the Superbowl parties this week.
****How many are on the list, Gordon?****
Or, worst case scenario, no one is currently doing alt!
Let's hope that the announcement, below, is not true. But even if it
isn't for alt at least, maybe it'll stir up some reactions :)
(sorry--the exhibit is now dead, too).
Chris
Stephen Bulger Gallery is pleased to present "The Death of
Photography", an exhibition of work by Robert Burley, Michel
Campeau, and Alison Rossiter.
The Death of Photography
Robert Burley, Michel Campeau, Alison Rossiter
January 5 - February 2, 2008
Opening Reception with the artists: January 12th from 2 - 5 pm.
"from today, painting is dead!" Paul Delaroche, June, 1839.
When the invention of photography was announced to the public on
January 7, 1839 it created a sensation for both its advocates and
adversaries. At present, photography is arguably more popular than
ever, but it is also at the end of an era. Digital systems are
rapidly making analog materials obsolete. This exhibition includes
the work of three artists who are each commemorating this milestone
event in the history of art and technology.
Robert Burley
The goal of this project, "Disappearance of Darkness", is to
create a photographic record of a rapidly disappearing manufacturing
infrastructure dedicated to the production and use of photochemical
materials. The images presented here document the final year of the
Kodak Canada facility in Toronto. This facility, which was made up
of 18 buildings on a 5 hectare site, had a one hundred year history
of producing photographic films and papers. It was sold in 2006 and
demolished in the summer of 2007.
Michel Campeau
With this work, "Darkroom", Campeau articulates the decline of
photography by concentrating on the obsolescence of private
darkrooms. His investigation is like that of an accident expert, one
who scrutinizes the incongruity of darkrooms and throws the
spotlight on the bric-à-brac of plumbing and electricity, the
ventilation-system engines, the posted iconography, the splattering
of silver salts, the wear of equipment and the countdown of timers
that seem to defy the disappearance of the panchromatic spectre.
Campeau's project is the first to be selected for a monograph by
Martin Parr, the artistic director of a new series of books
published by Nazraeli Press.
Alison Rossiter
In this work, "Lament", Rossiter has been creating photographic
objects that rely on the intrinsic qualities of old papers and
films. She has been buying expired photo papers from throughout the
20th Century and processing them without any additional exposure, in
search of light fog or dark fading. She has also been collecting
expired sheet film of different makes and sizes to make photograms.
The remarkable photographs she produces are silver abstractions of
minimal imagery and are the result of light leaks, age, and
circumstantial damage.
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I've only received two email from the list since January 23 (and I'm
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david
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