| Michael
Musante
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Time
has often been the organizing subject of my art. My digital
photo collages have depicted and celebrated the passage of
time. Until recently my pieces have dealt with historic time.
I would combine an old photo-graph or photo post card with
a new digital image of the same view. For my most recent project,
I decided to concentrate on cyclical time for example, changing
seasons or night and day.
In doing these pieces, I have become fascinated by the differences
between seeing and perceiving. Sight is a simple matter of
observation in the moment while perception is colored by anticipation
and memory. My perception of a given landscape is changed
and enhanced by each passing season. To this end my art reflects,
not the way I see a landscape, but the way I remember it.
The tools afforded me by computer manipulation have made the
assembling and juxtaposing of images much easier. Despite
the hi-tech nature of my work, I still consider myself at
heart a documentary artist. I have always tried to use the
tools of digital manipulation to impart additional information
and greater under standing.
We live in a culture with a profusion of disposable images.
My hope is to arrest the viewer’s attention to look
a little deeper and a little longer.
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