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Statement

Drawing inspiration from both media theory and the philosophy of photography, Wu engages with a range of concepts within the medium, challenging our understanding of it, as well as the limitations of perception and the photographic image itself. Her work centers on the exploration of photography, where she skillfully manipulates the elemental components within the photographic medium to produce a distinctly uncompromising body of work. Through her practice, Wu delves into concepts such as vision, accident, disorder, virtuality, speed, and memory, all within the context of the passage of time.

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GlogauAIR Project

The Room and the Photographs investigates the intertwined relationship between perception, space and photography. At the moment of the medium’s beginning, observers were placed inside the room to experience the raw essence of photographs in the camera obscura. But the digital evolution of photography has reshaped the ontology of the medium and provided an entirely metamorphosed experience—observers can now experience photography with a detachment from reality.

A meticulously constructed space was created based on the collision of pixel-based photographs and computer-generated imagery. By using the same perspective for both captures, the shattered fragments deviated from the photographic perspective and left their traces in the overlapping space. The work aims to construct the photographic space to visually and conceptually question the relationship between the virtual space and the physical space. The resulting photographic space builds layers and flattens down, allowing it to be familiar yet strange, fractured yet imbalanced. It remains open, traveling around the possibilities, seeking a perception of complexity in the realm of photography.

CV Summary

Yumo Wu (b. 1995, China) has been questioning the conventional norms of representation in photography by altering both image manipulation and production techniques. Her work centers on the exploration of photography, revolves around the concepts of vision, accident, disorder, virtuality, speed, and memory as she delves into their intersection with the passage of time. Wu received her MA Mention Excellent from ECAL in 2023 and her BFA Honors from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2021.