Paper Movies
Joseloff Gallery
University of Hartford - Hartford, CT
January 19 - February 17, 2016
Paper Movies presents a selection of contemporary photobooks (1994-present) that exemplify the unique narrative possibilities of the book form. Working from groups of images—both created and appropriated—the books included in this exhibition feature a range of contemporary storytelling strategies. From re-contextualizing archival and found images to constructing “filmic haikus” from photographs of everyday life, photobooks naturally exist in the space “between a novel and a film” where the seemingly straightforward descriptive capacity of photographs can be manipulated and composed into more complex, nuanced narratives. Paper Movies was organized by Melissa Catanese and Ed Panar, the 2016 Georgette and Richard Koopman Distinguished Chairs in the Visual Arts at the Hartford Art School.
