Where are you not?: family

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Monday, May 07, 2007

Sacramento, California

It is something I struggle with, especially now that I have a child. My whole family is in Sacramento (about 90 minutes away) and in many ways life would be so much easier if I lived closer. Also, I see my parents and grandmother getting older and want to spend as much time as possible with them. Ultimately the positives about where I live outweigh the benefits of leaving. Chief among these benefits is my husband.

Meredith, Oakland, CA

About the project and how you can participate...

This project began in the summer months of 2006, after road trips in New England and along the west coast, documenting my travels with digital photographs and blog entries. I became interested in thinking about blogging as virtual travel writing, authenticating my experiences much like sending postcards or buying souvenirs might. Over the next several months, the project evolved into a gallery floor installation, a postcard, an interactive website, and a semester later, into digital prints and a video sequence. The distance in time and space from those original travel experiences became part of the project, embodied in the way it was created, installed, and disseminated. I was interested then and now in creating a setting for the possibility of narrative, both within and beyond the space of the gallery.

You can view documentation of the entire project here. The website has been streamlined to include only this blog, which passes the question, "Where are you not?" along to the viewer/visitor. I encourage you to participate. Send your response to:

PO Box 200584
Boston, MA 02120

Or email your response to info@wherewearenot.org. Images are encouraged and will be posted along with responses.

If you'd like a postcard (see image above) to keep as a souvenir, pass along to someone else, or to use for your response, send me an email with your mailing address and the quantity you'd like to receive.

Where are you not?

Monday, May 07, 2007

Sacramento, California

About the project and how you can participate...

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