J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Morgan Ashcom
Open enacts metaphor to make visible the layers of oppression experienced by Palestinian apartheid. Exposed documentary images and HTML-coded emails are bookended with Arabic calligraphy and poetry. Delivered in a sealed cardboard film box, this soft-cover book utilizes photography as a tool to activate our imagination, reveal expansive truths and offer a revision of what hope and resilience look like.
In this conversation, Morgan discusses, among other things:
The poetic capacity of an image
What makes a successful photo
Pivoting
Enacting of metaphor
Chemistry & materiality
Experimenting & refining
Activating the medium
Shifting failure
Pointing towards possibility
Collaborative sequencing
Mythmaking
Challenging pretend knowledge
Sharing agency
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