Brooks Dierdorff Work from Midnight Sun. “Midnight Sun responds to the ill-fated true story of the Andree Polar Expedition of 1897, in which three explorers set out to be the first to reach the North Pole using a hot air balloon. After crashing on the arctic ice halfway through the journey, the three explorers survived […]

Sarah Samy Work from Exploring Error. “An exploration of technical errors, beyond the notion of image failure. The shifting presence and absence of sound in the video was produced along the process of bending, not imposed. None of the clips were edited; only selected, cropped and collected together, aiming to hide the original source and […]

The Chapuisat Brothers Work from their oeuvre “We both received an artistic education abroad for a number of years before ending up in Geneva in 2001, where our contrasting experiences led us to develop an interest in spatial studies. Our constructions transform space, turning interior and exterior boundaries inside out and toying with the perception of […]

Hannah Whitaker Work from her oeuvre. “…Combining scientific, mystical, and animal elements, these photographs convey a sense of naïve curiosity and experimentation. The title emphasizes a common thread in many of the pictures–the notion that looking directly at something can be dangerous. So the lightheartedness of certain photographs (X-Ray Specs as fashion accessory or white […]

Sean Higgins Work from Difficulties with Interplanetary Travel. “Through his pieces, Higgins prods at the human instinct to associate images with the familiar. Namely, there is a tendency for viewers to look for a “real” object/place that exists or has existed when confronted with an amorphous shape in nature, like a cloud or unidentifiable landmass. […]