Benjamin Freedman will be in conversation with visual artist Lucas Blalock to mark the launch of Positive Illusions, a captivating sequence of CGI-generated images in which Freedman reconstructs his childhood memories. Join us for a discussion on the ways in which new technologies are reshaping the way we fabricate and understand photographs.
Thursday 24 April
18:00 – 20:00
Mast Books
72 Avenue A
New York, NY 10009, United States
About Positive Illusions
Using CGI, Canadian artist Benjamin Freedman presents a captivating image sequence which meticulously reconstructs his childhood memories of a family road trip to Maine in 1999. Blurring the line between reality and simulation, these surreal images toy with the ephemerality of memory and its inseparability from fantasy. Freedman’s recreated scenes of roadside diners, pools, and picnics create a visceral and sensory dreamscape, evoking the sounds and smells attached to his childhood recollections.
These digitally constructed images explore how technology permits us to revisit and reimagine the past in ways that feel both familiar and uncanny. Distinctions between personal recollection and collective nostalgia are compromised, creating an idiosyncratic visual realm saturated with shared emotions and histories. Freedman’s use of digital tools to recapture nostalgic scenes underscores the fluidity of memory while also challenging traditional conventions of the photograp
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