Phil Bergerson : American Artifacts

21 Mar-10 May 2014

Overview

Since 1995, Canadian photographer Phil Bergerson has made numerous extended road-trips throughout the United States, criss-crossing the continent in search of the scattered remnants of the ‘American Dream’. American Artifacts presents a sequenced excerpt from this sweeping topographical survey. Through a series of 32 colour photographs, the exhibition tracks Bergerson’s encounters with liminal spaces and non-places inscribed with the residue of human behaviour and surplus cultural production. Detritus, disappointments and desires collide in shop window displays, hand-painted murals and crudely made signs; picture postcard views are notably absent.