HANNAH SOMERS

The experience of disconnect can manifest in many different ways throughout our lives. How we cope with it is telling of who we are and what we value. The expectation or wish that something should be or might be can alter the way in which we develop and form our identities and relationships with people and space. How do we bridge those gaps or fill the hole where something is missing? How might we reconcile our grief, disappointment and loss?

I Used Tape and Glue is a group exhibition that navigates personal displacements inclusive of relationships with space, home, identity and love. This group of emerging artists address the intricate facets of reconnecting elements missing from their past and present histories. They use photography as a tool to ask questions about what's been broken and discover, reconcile, reimagine, and create their own answers.

There is a heavy emphasis on place representing a significant location where much of this displacement stems from. The imagery questions the definition of what or who a “home” or “space” might be and what makes it safe or unsafe. These literal or imagined locations might be the element that joins the detached pieces in one's life or can be the source of their detachment. In both cases, space has become a factor in forming an individual's identity. Identity may also be impacted by one's nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, sexual orientation, geographical location or community. I Used Tape and Glue provides space for the artist to own their source of disconnect, dissect it, and paste the pieces into their own adaptation.