The exhibition features pinhole photos taken by Brown from within a few blocks of where she lives in Philadelphia.
“Television and the Internet, from which we receive much of the information about the world around us, has made us more self-sufficient and has contributed to our isolation,” said Brown. “This series is a reflection of the progression of isolation. Everything, even the most current technological advancement, deteriorates and becomes obsolete over time. ”
Karen Brown consistently and imaginatively experiments with new techniques combining them with a fine art component. This body of her work consists of cast plaster, holography, and pinhole photo transparencies encased in clear panels of acrylic with fluorescent lighting. Pinhole photography and holography are both forms of lensless photography. The softer effect of this method is close to how things are viewed through the human eye. The images are produced from the high and low ends of the technological spectrum.
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