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| Publisher |
Black Mask |
| Published | December 2016 |
Around August 2016 I began work on an ambitious project: A companion piece to THE FOREVERS series that would be comprised of photography, mixed media art, and narrative/editorial content that would tie into and expand upon the themes of the series itself, but also function as an individual art object. As I began work on the project I became increasingly fascinated with the idea of nostalgia, and melancholy, and juxtaposing this with the sort of beauty and depravity, and destruction that, to me, The Forevers is truly about. Imagery of a lone car speeding down a desolate highway enveloped me. I imagined myself inside the car, speeding away from everyone and everything I knew, towards something new entirely. Nostalgia Overdrive. I combed through my archives, and prepared new photos that embodied these ideas. Photos taken in Las Vegas, my hometown of Calgary Alberta, and a plethora of other locations worldwide. I was particularly inspired by photographers such as Sandy Kim, Larry Clark, and Wolfgang Tillmans exceptional work on the also exceptional Boys Don’t Cry zine prepared by Frank Ocean. The final product is a novelty sized print object that integrates both color and black and white photography, autofictional poetry, and editorial content including a heartbreakingly beautiful interview with artist extraordinaire and friend Ramon Villalobos. Also: A comic that you can only read with a magnifying glass that is not in print elsewhere.
