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Where was I then, Where am I now? Installation shot, Oscar Alfonso, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Where was I then, Where am I now? Detail, Oscar Alfonso, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Where was I then, Where am I now? Detail, Oscar Alfonso, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\nSituated within a Library vitrine, Where was I then, Where am I now?\u00a0<\/em> consists of a personal archival file titled “Waterloo and other missing moments.” Anchored by a rejection letter from the Undergraduate Urban Planning program at the University of Waterloo, the file focuses on rejected photographic materials that include faulty film, shifted prints, miscalculations,\u00a0pre-exposures, over-exposures, under-exposures,\u00a0poor\u00a0colour balancing, and cross-contamination. The file presents the process of learning as one of attempts and mistakes made that\u00a0are the result of material stubbornness, unforeseen circumstances, and an inability to adapt.<\/p>\n
The installation also references the obsessive personal impulse to collect, organize, and dwell on the past. The use of the archive and the\u00a0placement of this file within the library, propose\u00a0that personal experience\u00a0can be a formal record to be filed, made visible, and reflected upon. As a personal collection of ‘failures’ in a public, institutional space, Where was I then, Where am I now?\u00a0<\/em>also questions the\u00a0process of education and learning.<\/p>\n
Where was I then, Where am I now?\u00a0<\/em>was exhibited in\u00a0Photographic Installations, an Exhibition 2015,\u00a0<\/i>held at the Emily Carr University Library in Vancouver, BC.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Situated within a Library vitrine, Where was I then, Where am I now?\u00a0 consists of a personal archival file titled “Waterloo and other missing moments.” Anchored by a rejection letter from the Undergraduate Urban Planning program at the University of Waterloo, the file focuses on rejected photographic materials that include faulty film, shifted prints, miscalculations,\u00a0pre-exposures, over-exposures, under-exposures,\u00a0poor\u00a0colour balancing, and cross-contamination.<\/p>\n
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