#ruralness

Locals shared their favorite sites, local lore, scenic routes and personal landmarks by creating guide pages for inclusion in the People’s Guide of Allegany County.

Exhibited at the Fosdick Nelson Gallery in Alfred, New York. Visitors to the gallery also added 'personal landmarks' to the large magnetic map of the local county.

DONATED BY

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Donated By is a slideshow of images and the result of our attempt to visually ‘exhaust the museum’ with a hat tip to writer Georges Perec and his An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris. Like Perec, we spent time observing and documenting a place, in this case, a local historical museum. We looked at what was contained, how it was organized, and in turn what those things said about the people in the surrounding village, both past and present. Using our camera lens, we looked beyond the major narratives, and captured images that express fleeting moments and unfocused details. These moments flickering one after the other, allow new stories that are ‘hidden in plain sight’ to emerge.

Ruralscape SITES/SIGHTS TO SEE

Lain's Cider Mill in Canisteo, just south of Hornell. The 100 year old cider mill has over 22 types of apples and makes cider and cider donuts. You can bring your own apples for them to press or buy theirs!