peripheral vision
photography by Kate Wilhelm
bricolage
bri⋅co⋅lage
/ˌbrikəˈlɑʒ, ˌbrɪkə-/ bri⋅co⋅lage.
1. a construction made of whatever materials are at hand; something created from a variety of available things.
2. (in literature) a piece created from diverse resources.
3. (in art) a piece of makeshift handiwork.
4. the use of multiple, diverse research methods.
“In its old sense the verb 'bricoler' applied to ball games and billiards, to hunting, shooting and riding. It was however always used with reference to some extraneous movement: a ball rebounding, a dog straying or a horse swerving from its direct course to avoid an obstacle. And in our own time the 'bricoleur' is still someone who works with his hands and uses devious means compared to those of a craftsman."
"The 'bricoleur' also [...] 'speaks' not only with things ... but also through the medium of things."
~ Claude Levi-Strauss, The Savage Mind
These photographs record spontaneous family moments and leftover scenes from my son's play.
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copyright , 2008
cuba
April 21st, 2008
lunenburg-parking-meters
May 18th, 2008
we are who we are through other people
May 12th, 2009"We are who we are through other people" is a loose translation of the Zulu concept of Ubuntu.
“A traveller through a country would stop at a village and he didn’t have to ask for food or for water. Once he stops, the people give him food, entertain him. That is one aspect of Ubuntu but it will have various aspects.”
~ Nelson Mandela
I've been volunteering at the local drop-in centre, which provides hot meals, access to housing and other services to anyone who drops in, since January 2008. I've been photographing some of the people I meet there since July 2008.
not like the others
June 10th, 2009Belly dance is thought to have originated as a way to prepare for and articulate the experience of womanhood. This series places belly dancers in urban and suburban settings to foreground the sterility of modern North American culture and highlight the absences that may draw women to this ancient dance form. If the dancers are not on stage, then what are they performing?
inside out
January 4th, 2009“Last night Mackie had a la-z-boy set up in Rat Alley, watching a television hotwired into a light pole. My father stepped into Mackie’s living room, checked out a couple minutes of play – can these still be called the glory days of the Bird? Step out of your room, settle into a discarded recliner – are you inside now or out? Position your chair before your television, take your walk, find your coffee, by morning it all will be gone – no inside no outside, no cardboard box no mansion, no birth no death, no container no contained, a Zen koan, a frikkin riddle. A garbage truck hauled the tv away, another will be put out on the sidewalk tonight. But a la-z-boy, my lord, maybe not again in this lifetime.”
Nick Flynn, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
This series of photos are a meditation on the idea of home the boundary between inside and outside. (Ongoing)