Mike Slack | A Multitude
of Unlike Events | polaroids [2007]
100 pieces all the same and none alike. Mike Slack took to
his roof to photograph the same small slice of sky from sunrise
to sunset, and the results, one hundred Polaroids with slight variations,
make up this edition of originals. Playing with the idea of the
one-of-a-kind versus the multiple, these photos are reminiscent
of postcards but more specific. The photographs portray both the
specificity of location and the shifting chance of the atmosphere.
The story they tell—of one Los Angeles day’s weather—will
be broken into pieces as visitors take one shot at a time, bringing
a piece of Slack’s sky home with them.
Exhibition
Text: Shana Agid
Mike
Slack lives and works in Los Angeles. His Polaroid photographs have
been published in two volumes – Ok Ok Ok (J&L
Books, 2002; reissued by The Ice Plant, 2006) and Scorpio
(The Ice Plant, 2006). His work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine,
The New York Times and other publications. He is working on a new
book of Polaroids called The Savage Detectives.
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