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An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar

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An Institute of Modern Art touring exhibition presented by Melbourne International Arts Festival and Centre for Contemporary Photography
Taryn Simon
An American Index of the
Hidden and Unfamiliar

Inspired by rumours of weapons of mass destruction and secret sites in Iraq, American photographic artist Taryn Simon focuses her lens on the hidden and inaccessible places in her own country.

An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar (2006) takes the viewer behind closed doors to uncover some extraordinary things inside places usually hidden from the public’s view. Ranging across the realms of science, government, medicine, entertainment, nature, security, and religion, Simon’s photographic subjects include glowing radioactive capsules in an underwater nuclear-waste storage facility, a Braille edition of Playboy, a deathrow prisoners' exercise yard, an inbred tiger, corpses rotting in a Forensic Research Facility, and a Scientology screening room.

Shot over four years, mostly with a large-format view camera, the images in this fascinating exhibition are in turn ethereal, foreboding, deadpan and cinematic. In examining what is integral to America's foundation, mythology and daily functioning, the Index provides a surprising map of the American mindset and creates a vivid portrayal of the contemporary United States.



Opening:
Thu 14 Oct at 6pm

Exhibition:
Fri 15 Oct – Sun 12 Dec
Wed – Fri 11am – 6pm
Sat & Sun 12noon – 5pm
Closed Mon & Tue
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