hy·per·o·pi·a | ˌhīpəˈrōpēə |
noun
a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness.
‘But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past—or more accurately, pastness—is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past.’
Silencing The Past: Power and the Production of History
—Michel-Rolph Trouillot
Hyperopia gestures towards a condition of looking forward and backward simultaneously-a present that holds a blurred vision psychologically and metaphorically. Trace encounters, refuse, and forgotten histories stacked, layered, and re-presented to form a past-present through chromatic and achromatic landscapes.
Softcover saddle-stitch Risograph, 10in x 7in
Edition 45, 32 pages 2021
