Darren Lee Miller: Retold
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Darren Lee Miller: Retold

Darren Lee Miller: Retold
We tell the same stories over and over, repurposing the players to create new meaning but often the older associations remain close to the surface. Taking my cues from the metaphors seen in ancient mythology, renaissance painting, and contemporary photography, I undermine the power dynamics and roles that exist within depicted relationships to remind the viewer of familiar stories, but also to challenge expected meaning. Continue reading

Steven Pestana: Metaphysics
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Steven Pestana: Metaphysics

  Metaphysics is a visual meditation on the transformative nature of human perception inspired by classical philosophy, archaic Hermetic sciences, the emancipatory aspirations of the avant-garde, and contemporary digital/New Media practices. These works reflect two worlds: a thoroughly alien landscape of the inner life, and a reframing of the rhetorical devices that decide what type … Continue reading

Lilly McElroy
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Lilly McElroy

I grew up in southern Arizona, surrounded by cliché representations of my own experiences. There were cowboys riding bulls, coyotes howling on moonlit nights, beautiful sunsets, and vicious bar brawls. Those experiences have been translated into epic photographs and playfully antagonistic videos. The projects that I produce are a reflection of my complex relationship with … Continue reading