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Dark States features the work of three artists who each are working with the themes of memory, artiface, and identity in the form of photographs which evoke an underlying instability. Jesse Burke's photographs and installations are an autobiographically driven exploration into the psychology of masculine identity. He is drawn to moments where a rupture or wound is physically, emotionally, or metaphorically inflicted. There is a presence of vulnerability and sensitivity in his work that acts as a force against the mythology or male dominance and power. Jesse lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Link to the interview with James Wagner Bill Finger's work deals with paramnesia: the distortion of memory in which fantasy and objective experience are confused. Working also with autobiography by using his childhood as a touchstone, Bill recreates places from his past in miniature. These miniatures serve as a stand in for his memories that he can photograph and then dismantle. By presenting a limited view, his photographs, like memories, provide only glimpses into the past and call on the viewer to question both. Bill lives in Rochester, New York. Link to the interview with James Wagner Stephen Hilyard's work in digital photography, video, and installation has led him to look closely at the history of the culture that made him what he is. He recently has become interested in the idea of lying, in the subversion of various types of information that we are accustomed to trust. In recent image-based piece, the “King Wave” series, the reliability of photographic knowledge is been brought into question by digital manipulation of the images. It is the ability of the computer to lie very convincingly that has made him interested in adding it to the list of tools that he uses to create work. Ultimately, his work is designed to remind the viewer of artifice: the work is attempting to present something of a profound nature, but that it is failing because of its connections to the concrete. In this the viewer recognizes her or his own condition. Stephen lives in Madison, Wisconsin. Link to the interview with James Wagner
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