Reconstruction, 2021

Inspired by relocation, Reconstruction is a photobook comprised of photographs that have been reconstructed in order to consider the themes of structure, space, place, and the unimagined. Conceptually, Reconstruction considers the house as a structure, rather than a domestic environment that is occupied by people. The project opposes the idea of structure as a solid form, re-examining the house as a set of fabricated elements which can be broken apart with the use of a camera and reassembled into new spatial constructs.

          Digital collage is used to combined previously separated elements and envision a new sense of place to that which is presented by the traditional structure of the house. Reconstruction plays with the house’s idea of place by considering new relationships between elements that were previously separate.

          As an object, Reconstruction references the formal qualities of the blueprint, doing so through the book’s design, presentation of images, and materiality. Reconstruction makes a direct, and physical connection with the theme of construction; its presentation as a folded book alludes to the utilitarian use of the blueprint as a document of the construction industry and architectural sciences, both of which deal with the alteration of space and material.