Fine Art Dread

"A lot of the content for me as the artist is corporal—that soft transfer of life between you and the material.   The godwits are quiet objects that reward touch... not that precious hands-off cold worship of an object."

John Divola | Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert In the 1990s, while photographing scattered houses in the Morongo Valley desert, he was often greeted by barking dogs, who had probably heard his car coming from miles away. “When I saw the dog approaching, I would focus and set the exposure. One hand on the wheel, I would stick the camera out of the window with the other, sometimes even using up a whole roll of film.”

In the desert, which to the human eye can be interpreted as an empty space, the visual significance of the elements changes, and everything takes on an existential quality. That’s why this series, in which dog and camera seem united in an abstract kinetic dance.