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patrick
Foley
Our Contemporary cave
Layout, Photography, Conceptual
Our Contemporary Cave is an archive of the current murals in Vancouver, WA. While compiling all the images, I wanted to consider the connection to pre-historic cave paintings and how we wonder and hypothesize about the reasoning behind the cave murals. Who were the beings that made them, what was the world like then, why did they choose these shapes? Asking those same questions now, and considering what people may ask in the future when they find these murals and wonder about our environment and who we were.
I made the cover of the book out of painted sand paper to emulate the gritty rough surfaces of walls and caves. The layout provides the title and the artists name(s). They're separated into the various areas of Vancouver that feature the murals, up-town, down town and the international district. I included details of the mural if I was able to locate any information.

Our Contemporary Cave layout, Photography, story telling, craft

Our Contemporary Cave is an archive of the current murals in Vancouver, WA. While compiling all the images, I wanted to consider the connection to pre-historic cave paintings and how we wonder and hypothesize about the reasoning behind the cave murals. Who were the beings that made them, what was the world like then, why did they choose these shapes? Asking those same questions now, and considering what people may ask in the future when they find these murals and wonder about our environment and who we were.
I made the cover of the book out of painted sand paper to emulate the gritty rough surfaces of walls and caves. The layout provides the title and the artists name(s) and an image of the work. They're separated into the various areas of Vancouver that feature the murals, up-town, down town and the international district. I included details of the mural if I was able to locate any information. I learned how to perfect bind for this project, challenging myself to learn a new skill with each project is part of what drives me.
"Look for what you notice but no one else sees."
-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
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