The book itself as object is multivalent, its meaning shifting with the expectations and framing of the reader. The relationship between fact and fiction may be altogether evident to one individual, unfathomable to another, or the very distinction seen as irrelevant or non-existent by still others.

The template of an open book, with pages coming before and after, courts habits of thought involving sequence or sucession. Two facing pages propose a seemingly inevitable correlation, even if only to mark an end and a beginning.

Reconstituting fuses the innate power of objects with overheard, recorded or sometimes imagined dialogues. Photography's own uncertain presence as observer is implicit.

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These photographs are archival inkjet prints from digitally mediated, multiple camera sources. As layered and unflattened digital master files, the images remain open for reconstitution.

This series is supported in part by a University of Minnesota Grant-in-Aid of Research.

images © Gloria DeFilipps Brush