CoCA: Center of Contemporary Art

6413 Seaview Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98107

http://www.cocaseattle.org/exhibitions.html

Seattle based photographer, Sarah Skinner, relies on intuition, chance and her rubbernecking Lensbaby to capture images of her laptop screen from odd

angles as she anonymously surfs the web.

The images are voyeuristic, as though peering through a neighbor’s window from behind a tree at night; screwing artistic etiquette, their content is

blatantly ripped off the Internet.

Skinner did not want to recognize anyone, to rewind, re-shoot, question, ponder or reflect on why or when she clicked the shutter. She sought out

weird, obscure images that evoked her blood, memory and imagination.  These images became fodder used to create triptych narratives that are fraught with

ambiguity and that no logical or creative mind can rationalize.

“Yet, you will try”, she says, “…because that’s what humans do”.

Although not the genesis of this body of work, Skinner gives a nod to Shepard Fairey in support of his pending litigation with the Associated Press.

By Joseph Roberts, Curator