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The Story 12
Silver Prints No event in history has had the media coverage as the 9.11 terrorist attacks. Media images, sound bytes, and digital video clips are mere isolated fragments pieced together for 'us'-thus constructing a historical narrative, shaping collective memory of the events, and defining our history. As participant and witness,The Story defines the times, consequently writing the past. In true documentary/journalistic form, it is often that which is implicit in images that make them so poignant rather than that which is explicit. As with a scary film, we find ourselves most afraid of that which we cannot define and that which we cannot see. Little Pieces Small
strings of lights with duratrans images Approximately 3 x 3 feet on
ground Photographs not only shape personal memory, but also help us to construct a collective understanding of the events in our lives. Not unlike the glowing television set, Little Pieces is a narrative of image fragments in small light boxes strung together. An illuminated vigil, this continuum points out holes and gaps-the moments missing from our understanding and experience of the events of 9.11. These small fragments bring to mind the new voids in our lives: our dependence upon images and the ongoing search for pieces of evidence, victims, and motives. Will we truly remember, or will we recall only what was edited for us to see? |