Studiocyberia
Mark Kessell

Series
Search:
©2007 Mark Kessell unless
specified. All rights reserved.
Web site by Jana Blavius
A Statement Addressed To The Eye
A Statement Addressed To The Eye
Serial No. 1363
2003

To Be Determined


In the absence of (at least) 90% of the sensory stimulation available to sighted children, blind children still develop a strong sense of identity.

These children cannot look at themselves in a mirror, cannot see the faces of their parents, siblings, or peers, and are unable to compare their own appearance with others. They are unaffected by the powerful visual influences of television, film or advertising which pervade the culture to which sighted children are exposed.

Despite the profound difference in their experiences, blind children commonly develop into adults who have as much "sense of self" as other people. How do they do it? What cues do they use to define themselves and their relationships with others? Does this tell us anything about the way we look at and become... ourselves?

Many, but not all the children in this series are blind. Those who appear blind are not, necessarily. And those who appear sighted may in reality be sightless. These children represent us all.

To purchase work from this series contact:


Kim Foster Gallery


529 West 20th Street, 1st Floor, New York NY 10001,
Tel:(+1)212 229 0044, Email: info@kimfostergallery.com
About
this
series
A State of Eidetic RegressionThe Strangeness Of GravityThe Cyclophobe
Residing In VoicesTemporarily PerfectTruffling For DifferenceCaught in the Act of Imagining
The Elusive QualeA Triumph Of Human AgitationTravelling LightA Statement Addressed To The Eye
UntitledOne Skin LessUntitledThe Scrier
Visual DesperationAn Invitation to Moderate EmotionThe Primacy Of DoubtAn Equation For Curved Vision
The Laterality QuotientNovo SapiensIn Its Own-nessThe Routine Flow Of The Universe
Infinite Fractions of SolitudeA State Of Provisional RealityThe Rhetoric Of Object PlacementA Speculative Biography
Closely Attended By TimeSeveral Types Of AmbiguityAn Interconnected System Of ApprehensionA Series Of Linked Observations