Arthur During’s photographic works begin with everyday experiences and derive their strength from During’s nimble imagination.
In the series featured at Nelson Hancock Gallery, entitled “Window Seat,” During explores the disjointed isolation of air travel. Instead of landscapes representing specific, namable spaces, "Window Seat" presents a series of placeless vistas. The generic cities, roads and airports depicted in "Window Seat" become generalized scapes that allude only to the experience of travel. The project describes no particular place, but instead, examines the visual experience of air travel, emphasizing the anonymity that comes with movement. Positioning himself opposite of the landscape tradition that emphasizes the character and specificity of place, During describes his subject as "the no-place known as 'in transit'. This place is familiar only as tarmac, blurred lights, rainy windows and open skies. Everyone has been there. When you’re passing through, anywhere can become that no-place."
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