When will I go blind: Artist Talk

If a camera can be compared to an eye, a disintegrating negative can be compared to a diseased retina. In this work, When will I go blind?, I use antiseptics, dry eye ointment, and boiling water to disintegrate images that feature the people, places, and things that bring me joy. As a photographer with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, I am terrified and anxious about losing my vision. Without being able to see, I will be limited to my visual memories and not be able to engage with the world the way I used to. What will happen if these memories fade? Will I lose part of myself by having to engage in the world differently? I made this work while I am still sighted as a coping mechanism to process the initial stages of the disease. I hope this work connects with others who have gone through something similar, with the embossed braille offering an exclusive entry point for them. For people who have never experienced anything like this, I invite them to visualize and feel my fear of loss through this work.

March 20-29
Rubenstein Arts Center
Murthy Agora
Artist Talk March 28, 5:30pm