Piece: “Eidetic”
SHoP, 2012
Show: Strategies for Preservation
Description: “When visiting the Fenn House for the first time, I was struck by the many layers of history visible within the space in the form of objects and marks left behind by previous occupants and previous shows. When contemplating SHoP’s move, I kept returning to these layers of history and the thought that multiple moments, each experienced in their own times, can co-exist. Although SHoP, with all its energy, is currently occupying the house, there is the knowledge that soon it will have left. Shot on Tuesday, May 15th, the photographs in “Eidetic” (the vivid recall of mental images), are meant to draw attention to this double experience of time. How long ago is the past? How is a moment chosen to be the one that is remembered? Is SHoP the space or the activities? I hope that coming across these remembered views scattered throughout the house might force a moment of looking forward toward looking backward while the photographs are not yet all that remains.”
