MATTHEW PORTER – NEWS FROM NOWHERE
2018-07-02The exhibition consists of a series of color and black & white photographs, depicting a fictional place that centers around the construction, abandonment, and rediscovery of a series of dome structures. The location is a tropical island, and three discrete characters make appearances. They are seen performing tasks, but their roles, and the timeline of their involvement, is never clear. Part science fiction, part fantasy, and part narrative riff, the work is a nod to both the real and literary tradition of placing stories of post colonial hubris in tropical locations.
Five domes erected in the sea, bone white and wind scarred. The mystic palm, ragged-edged, dips in the breeze. White planes, black birds. A ship cuts a dark notch on the hard edge of a bright sky. A man is clearing the site, gathering stems. Later, a woman takes a reading. The sun touches the horizon. News from nowhere.
Opposite – Day for Night, 2018
Exhibition runs through to August 25th, 2018
M+B
612 North Almont Drive
Los Angeles
California 90069
