MUSÉE 29 – EVOLUTION
Evolution explores the concepts of progress, transformation, growth, and advancement in an age when images are taking a dramatic shift in the role they play in our lives.
All in Interview
Julian: Science always attracted me because of its ability to address different scales and systems within one discourse but it is often expressed in a way that only the scientific community is able to make sense of.
Nestled in Brooklyn, the House of Yes is a wild paradise, that celebrates joie de vivre and unbounded creativity, freed from the restraints of societal judgment.
Steve Miller: I realized that art traffics in the visual language of its time. You have Giotto and such using one-point perspective or mathematics during the Renaissance. Now we have the lens of technology and data.
Alec: When I photograph people, I try to be honest about who I am and what I’m doing. Just as I’m involved in reading a subject’s body language, they are undoubtedly reading mine. I try not to fabricate this language. If I’m nervous, I’ll show them my nervousness. If I’m confident, I’ll show them that. If I want people to be real for me, then I try to be real to them.
Molly Soda: I’ve always been drawn to private spaces and the bedroom as a backdrop. The bedroom is where we connect with each other virtually and I love being able to get a glimpse of that when I’m online. The desktop in some ways is like the second bedroom for me, housing all of my clutter and intimate thoughts.
Laurie Simmons: My work often reflects where I am in my life at the moment. When I first had children I was doing work at the Ventriloquist Museum, Vent Haven, in Kentucky. When I started traveling extensively for the first in my adult life I was doing the tourism pictures.
Ken Schles: There’s an inherent risk in the way I’m approaching the subject matter. Trump has energized a lot of people to stand up for their beliefs that wouldn’t have previously. I’d probably count myself among them. I’m definitely risking my bodily self. I’ve been arrested 8 times in the last 14 months.
What made you want to study photography and art? Nick: I didn’t study photography at art college (I wish I had). I only came to photography when I realized that it was the best medium for me to be able to express my feelings about animals, the natural world, and the destruction of both at the hands of humans.
Oliviero: I'm not looking for a consensus. Also, I don't want you to think “controversy.” I've just seen what they think I should be publishing. I work in a totally free situation. A good photographer should be able to show his point of view through images.
Andrea Blanch: I enjoyed the film very much, I wish it had been longer.
Jennifer Stockman: We have so much material still. We have all this footage and so many great interviews with more artists and collectors that fit into our existing story arcs
