between apocalyptic apprehensions, and dreams of deliverance

35mm slide lecture and projection, 60 slides / 16 mins
artist book, 6.5 x 9" / 80 pages
2012 - 2014


grappling with military inheritance and familial historical narratives. lyrical text is read aloud, as a slide carousel clicks through images and documents of a family man's time in the airforce during world war ii. what is at stake is the line between war and its representation.


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