TIME & AGAIN #15 by Mickey Smith

TIME & AGAIN #15 by Mickey Smith The TIME & AGAIN collection explores the passage of time, grief and preservation of memory through the visual metaphor of the library. As technology advances, each layer of our cultural memory becomes thinner, more temporal and difficult to recall. Print resources naturally recede as information is migrated online. Bound newspapers were discarded once scanned onto microfilm. The dizzying instability of microfilm led to its demise. What remains are visual clues and symbols which cue where we must START or END as we engage with something, or someone, no longer tangible. Edges of scanned books frame brightly illuminated screens and stains of deterioration scar...View all