OA#8.1 Photographer Artist Research: Hannah Barco

Hannah Barco is a performance artist and for her MFA thesis at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago she performed a series of walks from her apartment to the gallery where her work was displayed.  Each day she wore the same outfit and walked the same route, but carried a different object with her.  Once she reached the gallery, she would add the random objet to a growing sculpture and she would write down reasons (real or imaginary) for bringing the object.  This alone is an interesting project, but her addition of a photographic element is my favorite part.  Each day, she had a friend hide somewhere along her route to the gallery and take a photo of her to document the trip.  Some of the photos are from obscure angles and Barco may have not even known she was being photographed, but the entire walk is part of a performance so she is always aware of being seen.  Each photo was added to the work in the gallery.  I saw this work at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum as a part of the Walking Sculpture show and I loved this series of photographs.  By wearing the same outfit everyday, she created a visual motif that ties the series of photographs together and makes the changing object in her hands stand out.

Sources:
http://www.wearestillmaking.com/hbarco/2013/11/30/things-to-come/