Ode to the Future
2015
Archival Inkjet Print
20x30 inches
The Dimension of Life
2015
Archival Inkjet Print
8x10 inches
Transparent Joy
2015
Archival Inkjet Print
16x20 inches
Departure in Three Stages
2015
Archival Inkjet Print
16x20 inches
This is My Nova
2014
Archival Inkjet Print
8x10 inches
I Know, You're Very Impressed
2014
Archival Inkjet Print
8x10 inches
Shimmering Extracts from the Ephemeral Variation
2015
Archival Inkjet Print
20x30 inches
The Indestructible Sentiment of Childhood
2015
Archival Inkjet Print
20x30 inches
Effective Object of Love
2014
Archival Inkjet Print
8x10 inches
The Preconceived Machine
2014
Archival Inkjet Print
8x10 inches
Distance vs. Distance
2015
Archival Inkjet Print
16x20 inches
Metamorphosis & Material
2015
Archival Inkjet Print
16x20 inches
A Vision of Aesthetic Incident
2014
Inkjet Print
8x10 inches
A Glowing Portrait of Sisterhood
2015
Archival Inkjet Print
20x30 inches
Close to Something
Gallery Installation View
Texas State University Galleries
May 2015
02.15.13 : 03:18:39
Kaci Archer : Austin, Texas
02.15.13 : 03:38:42
Kaci Archer : Austin, Texas
02.27.13 : 12:49:48
Kaci Archer : Austin, Texas
02.27.13 : 12:07:39
Kaci Archer : Austin, Texas
02.27.13 : 12:07:39
Kaci Archer : Austin, Texas
02.22.13 : 01:32:45
Madeline Fendley : Austin, Texas
02.22.13 : 01:28:01
Madeline Fendley : Austin, Texas
02.22.13 : 01:36:45
Madeline Fendley : Austin, Texas
02.22.13 : 01:48:46
Madeline Fendley : Austin, Texas
02.22.13 : 02:10:25
Madeline Fendley : Austin, Texas
02.27.13 : 11:42:17
Annie Chase : Austin, Texas
02.27.13 : 11:50:28
Annie Chase : Austin, Texas
02.27.13 : 12:00:46
Annie Chase : Austin, Texas
02.27.13 : 11:55:51
Annie Chase : Austin, Texas
02.27.13 : 11:42:17
Annie Chase : Austin, Texas
02.28.13 : 01:45:51
Stephanie Schultz : San Marcos, Texas
02.28.13 : 01:53:02
Stephanie Schultz : San Marcos, Texas
02.28.13 : 01:47:46
Stephanie Schultz : San Marcos, Texas
02.28.13 : 01:51:08
Stephanie Schultz : San Marcos, Texas
02.28.13 : 02:10:23
Stephanie Schultz : San Marcos, Texas
The Gap
My So Called Life
Suitcase
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Silver Gelatin Print
Conflict or Sentiment
2014
DEAR DIARY
2014
World Wide Reflection
A collaboration piece with Taylor Williams and Malek Lazri. 2014.
Distilled Vernacular
2014
Action/Reaction
2013
Close to Something
For this project, I began working with photographs taken by my father. He worked as a mechanic for years, and I grew up spending time in garages watching him rebuild cars while he documented the progress. It’s something I've always been drawn to, even if only subconsciously at times, and has been a major influence on my creative practice. When I started, I thought about how dedicated he was to his craft, sometimes spending years on one car. I thought about my time spent as an artist, and the endless hours of toiling over one project at a time, and the parallels between these forms of creativity.
Vernacular traditions and the appropriation of them in the practice of photography is something that I have been interested in. With the invention of smart phones, the world is now so hyper-documented and, in this context, appropriated imagery has become increasingly important in photographic practice. Through photographs, the world becomes a series of unrelated, freestanding particles. They are fragments of time, capturing details of things that might have been previously overlooked. Such details can reveal depths of meaning that might otherwise be lost.
The way we read a photograph is dependent on our own personal experiences. The subjective nature in which photographs are experienced speaks to the relationship between visual culture and identity. What role do personal snapshots play, and what is our relationship to them? bell hooks wrote that personal imagery offered a way to remember, to overcome loss, and to keep history. The photos I used are tangible, singular, irreplaceable objects. I have no negatives. They are several parts of a family archive, fragments that fit together to form something new. A collaboration of sorts.
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