Ariel C. Wilson

Issue 183

My studio practice currently centers around the paradoxes and failures of photographic representation, and in the mistranslation of the physical to the depicted. I notice how the photograph supplants the physical: I watch the sunrise through my laptop rather than stepping outside, spot a photograph instead of patching a wall. In response, I work to create space for the contradiction between the credence we give to the photographic image, and the inherent limitations of the medium. The moon I see through my iPhone camera could never be mistaken for itself, but I am still ordered to destroy my students’ inkjet prints of single-dollar bills. I find solutions by creating photographic objects and spaces that resist the illusion of indexicality: layered and transparent photographs, large-scale installations, sculptural prints, and live-feed video installations.

Ariel C. Wilson (she/her) lives and works in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
www.arielcwilson.com | @ariel.c.wilson