Rootbeer Eyes
@ Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 22nd
“We say that photographs ‘immortalize,’ and yet they do the very opposite. Every photograph razes us on our ephemeral temporality by forcing us to contemplate a moment — an unrepeatable fragment of existence — that once was and never again will be.” -Maria Popova, Figuring
“Rootbeer Eyes” expresses an intimate and embodied interpretation of personal memory, the passage of time, and the human condition. Using 120mm film, Cebe Loomis creates imagery that is inspired by specific childhood memories. By resurrecting these shards of stories—fragments of recollection— Loomis explores how the splintered nature of memory has affected her understanding of belonging and narrative of “home.” She revisits these memories— delves inside, interprets, reconstructs, and moves forward. Each image speaks to a version of her past self and, in its retelling, works to imagine new versions of herself that welcome the ambiguity of belonging and the ever-changing nature of “home.”
Cebe Loomis is a practicing visual artist and social documentarian based in Chicago, Illinois. Through analogue photography, Loomis creates colorful, intimate, and methodical bodies of work exploring themes of belonging, history, and home. Specializing in the photographic essay, Loomis’ research interests include place-making practices, cultural geography, collective memory formation, and visual anthropology. In addition to her personal practice, Loomis is a cofounder of Candid Fare, a Chicago-local platform that offers unique experiences surrounding people’s food memories and histories. Candid Fare hosts salon dinners and spearheads an ongoing social-documentary project asking people to “Tell us a food story.”
www.cebeloomis.com
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