DESCRIPTION
It is overwhelmingly apparent that easily consumed information has currently replaced research and critical analysis as the main influence on public opinion and perception in contemporary society. I am concerned with and interested in the potential consequences of this phenomenon, specifically, the distorted realties that are easily spread via the internet.
This body of work explores the inaccessibility of objective truths given the overwhelming amount of “factual” yet conflicting accounts presented by internet news media. Each photograph in this series is a process-based work that records daily interactions with a variety of news sources. The process combines digital information with analog capture, rendering each of the images visually unrecognizable from their original source. The resulting versions of "truth" are seen represented as physical, two-dimensional objects.
AUTHOR
BIOGRAPHY:
Brenna Hansen is a photographic visual artist from California, currently living and working in Oakland, CA. Their work focuses on perception, misinformation, and the way contemporary society organizes information and experience. They often use a combination of digital and analog photography processes to examine the spaces between perception and reality. Hansen studied Art Photography, and holds an Interdisciplinary BA in Art History & Philosophy from Arizona State University. In 2019, they worked to establish the Eugene Darkroom Group community darkroom and in 2023, the EBPCO community darkroom. They currently work internationally as an educator in darkroom & alternative photography processes, as well as serving as the Darkroom Manager for East Bay Photo Collective in Oakland, CA in the United States.
EXHIBITIONS:
2023
Desplazamientos, BAJ-Valpo, Valparaiso, CL
Open Doces, Arte Sumapaz, San Bernardo, CO
Horizonites, POP Gallery+Studios, Port Adelaide, AU
2022
Same Difference, Dot Dotson’s Gallery, Eugene, OR, USA
2021
Community Chest, The O’Brien Gallery, Eugene, OR, USA
2020
Shuttered, Virtual Exhibition, Eugene Darkroom Group, USA
2019
Art for All Seasons, The Henry Korn Gallery at Maude Kerns, Eugene, OR, USA
2018
Where the Walls Bend, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA, USA
