Anti-local: New Website / New Work

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Artist Statement

Collaborative Photography Project

2010 - 2012
Two 4x4" images on 11x14" paper
C-Prints

In a collaborative effort, two photographers living 1,114 miles apart approach their homes as the sites for an exploration of domesticity. Through the use of the diptych format, two images come together to form a dialogue about proximity, locality, and space versus place.

Beginning independently, one photographer creates an image of his home and sends it to the other. The recipient in turn responds to the image with a second, paying attention to subtle details such as light, color, and texture to find similarities and differences in his home. In doing so, the hope is to create a conversation pertaining to the definition, use, and perception of place.

The images are printed on the same piece of paper at the intimate scale of four by four inches to allow for a close inspection. Through this process, the language of photography creates a dialogue between the two differently depicted environments.

As we question the depiction of domesticity individually, through the juxtaposition of the two images we are examining how photographs can create a new meaning as they engage one another.

Selections from Anti-local are included in the permanent collection of The Museum of Photographic Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and in the supplement of images accompanying Bruce Warren’s textbook Photography: The Concise Guide (2^nd Edition March 2011).

Bio

Dominic Lippillo and Mark Schoon earned their MFA’s in Photography from Ohio University in 2009. Working independently with lens-‐based media they soon realized they had a shared interest in the domestic. Although they approach their solo work differently, Schoon as an observer and Lippillo as a witness, a common sensibility could be recognized in the work of both artists leading to the creation of their collaborative effort, Anti-local. Their independent work and collaborative work has been shown nationally and internationally. Lippillo is an Assistant Professor of Art at Mississippi State University. Schoon is an Assistant Professor of Art at The University of West Georgia.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

New Website / New Work