Gregg Evans: The Things I Once Owned and Jeroen Nelemans: Pilfer Your Land
@ ebersmoore
213 N Morgan St, 3C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, July 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 7th
Gregg Evans is obsessed with the history behind an image—that is described by the photograph in front of him, but also the history that cannot be. No matter how much information is sharp and visible in an image, how detailed the title and how accurate the exposure, there is always a part of the image that was solely experienced by its creator. His passion is in the idea that there is action in the images he makes that can never be seen; the ghost of the picture that will always remain a mystery. There is a performance aspect inherent in photography—the ephemeral process of creating, the thing that is always lost. The artist quotes David Horvitz: “The action and these images are inseparable.”
Jeroen Nelemans is interested in perception and how we are conditioned to experience the (moving) image, specifically how the digital image can be manipulated related to space and time. In Pilfer Your Land, Jeroen continues the investigation of naturally occurring phenomena as a metaphor for contemporary cultural conditions. Whether it is found footage or filmed by himself, Jeroen explores the cultural implications of digital transformations.
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