Situ

Description:

Situ: The Diary of Displacement was a web-based exhibition curated by Elizabeth Fischer. The project and individual works were developed during two residencies at Western Front. 

Situ featured five expanded text works hosted on an experimental website using Java coding, released over the year. The works’ themes of loci and dialogue were expressed through the concepts of diary and autobiography. The works were Grandfather Gets a House by Elizabeth Fischer, Real-to-Real by Lora McElhinney, Stain by Tim McLaughlin, Map Making by Maija Graham, and Where Am I by Sheila Urbanoski.

Of the project, Fischer writes, “With the advent of digital technologies, it is possible to create an artistic work that is no longer dependent on an imposed linearity; it is possible to allow the viewer to participate with the artistic work. The resulting experience is non-linear, circular—it is an interaction with the artist. How a conceptual, literary ‘whole’ is assembled from many components is directly dependent on its context. The work is re-invented with each viewing—the work becomes conversant.”

Project website documentation is available upon request.