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Illinois
Arkansas
North Carolina
And Places Between
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info at disparateprojects dot com
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CURATION PROJECTS
Archive the West
with Midwest Nice Art
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...Our collective memory has a way of distorting the past - Especially when it comes to something as mythologized as the American West. Stories become symbols, symbols become stereotypes, and over time, truth becomes entangled with fantasy. For artists working with a subject so steeped in lore, completely rejecting that mythology can feel just as false as embracing it uncritically. At some point, the myth must be acknowledged - Not to replicate it, but to engage with it thoughtfully: to question it, bend it, or even let it haunt the work...
Distant Dialogues
with Float Magazine
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As curators, we discovered in the submitted photographs an echo of our own experience. We came to know one another after traveling across the country, wholly alone as individuals, and in three days found the solitude of solo travel replaced with valuable connection based on an exchange of ideas, open inquiry, and the warmth of new friendship. Over many hours collectively deliberating on and sequencing the photographs in this collection, we discovered in the selected assemblage, threads of longing, looking, and a deep-seated desire to connect, visually mirroring the narrative of our own collective inception. The act of photography is so often carried out alone, but this collection expresses the universal desire for acceptance of which no one is immune.
Disparate Projects is an evolving collective and platform dedicated to the exploration of contemporary photography. Founded by Lisa Beard, Micah McCoy, and Vann Thomas Powell, we are committed to thoughtful photographic curation, engaging critical discussions in photographic theory, and nurturing collaborations with photographers of disparate approaches.