The Dark Light Of This Nothing
'Though the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, New York is no stranger to change, the long term residents who have sustained the neighborhood for generations are now in an increasing minority. The "old guard" is losing their sense of community. A new, affluent population, drawn by Park Slope's popularity as one of America's ten best neighborhoods, is swiftly overshadowing the working class.
This piece is meant as a tribute to the neighborhood's long term residents.
The title of this body (the dark light of this nothing) comes from the words of the philosopher Derrida that reflect on the experience of the loss of the Other, or the absence of "what I myself am not".
"Upon the death of the other we are given to memory, and thus to interiorization, since the other, outside us, is now nothing. And with the dark light of this nothing, we learn that the other resists the closure of our interiorizing memory." '
Infuriatingly i cant find any imagery which is available to place here, thankfully the link above has a direct link to her site.
A large proportion of the images in the series apparently utilise high a ISO up to 1600, along with the B&W aesthetic it helps to create grainy 'real' imagery:
i can see this concept useful for the social commentary i intend to express through the current project, possibly using two ISO settings for the top and bottom of the hill to further emphasise the differences.
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