LCazabon - portfolio — LYNN CAZABON

Discard

2001 - 09, pigment ink jet prints and Fuji Crystal Archive prints

Exhibition catalog produced by The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2009

Discard is a body of work consisting of several discrete series of photographic prints featuring movie films discarded by public institutions (libraries, schools, archives). Harking back to the 19th century practice of postmortem photography, each print serves as a memento mori to an obsolete film. More generally, the series reflects on the often arbitrary process that determines which cultural artifacts are digitized and preserved and which are discarded.

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Playing Basketball (11 minutes, 3 seconds)

2001, Lightjet print, 42" x 96"

This was an educational film - about playing basketball! The colorful splotches are where the film was degraded.

Playing Basketball (11 minutes, 3 seconds)

detail

Playing Basketball (11 minutes, 3 seconds)

Installed in exhibition at Artists Space, NYC, 2004

framed: dark stained wood (not sure - oak or maple)

Bike Safety (5 minutes, 2 seconds)

31" x 96" (framed size)

This was an educational film - about bike safety! The colorful splotches are where the film was degraded.

Bike Safety (5 minutes, 2 seconds)

detail

Bike Safety (5 minutes, 2 seconds)

Installed in exhibition at Artists Space, NYC, 2004

framed: dark stained wood (not sure - oak or maple)

Discard 17 (National Archives, College Park, MD)

2009, pigment ink jet print, 42" x 36" (106cm x 91.5cm)

framed: white-washed maple

Discard 8 (National Archives, College Park, MD)

2009, pigment ink jet print, 50" x 36"

framed: white-washed maple

Discard 18 (National Archives, College Park, MD)

2009, pigment ink jet print, 50" x 36"

framed: white-washed maple

Discard (George filmstrip, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH)

2009, pigment ink jet print, 10" x 50"

framed: clear stained maple

Discard (George filmstrip, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH)

2009, pigment ink jet print, 10" x 50"

detail

Discard (Bear filmstrip, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH)

2009, pigment ink jet print, 10" x 50"

framed: clear stained maple

Discard (Bear filmstrip, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH)

2009, pigment ink jet print, 10" x 50", detail

framed: clear stained maple

Discard (Spooky filmstrip, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH)

2009, pigment ink jet print, 10" x 50"

framed: clear stained maple

Discard (Spooky filmstrip, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH)

2009, pigment ink jet print, 10" x 50", detail

framed: clear stained maple

Discards (Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD)

2004, 40" x 30", pigment ink jet print

frame: white-washed maple

Discards (National Archives, College Park, MD)

2009, 2 pigment ink jet prints, 31" x 27" each

framed: white-washed maple