In Somewhere Between Now & Never, I use my own photographs and found images to construct a non-linear, pseudo-documentary narrative based off of the Midwest within an institutional, true-crime-meets-museum-archive installation. It exists somewhere between a fictional and real place, influenced by my Midwestern roots. The non-linear story takes place sometime between now, the past and never. Photographs are created or collected within and outside of my hometown, using a variety of technologies & processes (digital, black & white, gum bichromate, etc), spanning decades of photographic evolution and histories. Viewers are invited to wander through these photographs, alongside video, text and audio to investigate the temporality, isolation, and religion of the Midwest, along with the multifaceted nature of memory and archives.

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