Reality cannot be photographed or represented. We can only create a new reality. And my dilemma is how to make art out of a reality that most of us would rather ignore. How do you make art when the world is in such a state? My answer has been to make mistakes, but when I can, to choose them. We are all guilt victims choosing mistakes, and as Godard said, the very definition of the human condition is in the mise-en-scéne itself.
Images have an advanced religion; they bury history. - Alfredo Jaar
Images have an advanced religion; they bury history.
- Alfredo Jaar
Certainly when you do a work for a public space, you lose control. - Alfredo Jaar
Certainly when you do a work for a public space, you lose control.
We are the result of the stimulus we receive. - Alfredo Jaar
We are the result of the stimulus we receive.
How many languages do we really speak? - Alfredo Jaar
How many languages do we really speak?
America is our continent. You feel in the daily language that Americans use the word "America" to erase the rest of the continent from the map. And, … - Alfredo Jaar
America is our continent. You feel in the daily language that Americans use the word "America" to erase the rest of the continent from the map. And, …
As we all know, the objective and mission of the photojournalist is to show us the reality of the world. And in order to capture that reality, they g… - Alfredo Jaar
As we all know, the objective and mission of the photojournalist is to show us the reality of the world. And in order to capture that reality, they g…
Journalistic information and presentation actually discourage action... we think we know, and because we think we know, we think we care. But it stop… - Alfredo Jaar
Journalistic information and presentation actually discourage action... we think we know, and because we think we know, we think we care. But it stop…
I remember her eyes. The eyes of Gutete Emerita. - Alfredo Jaar
I remember her eyes. The eyes of Gutete Emerita.
For me, what was important was to record everything I saw around me, and to do this as methodically as possible. In these circumstances a good photog… - Alfredo Jaar
For me, what was important was to record everything I saw around me, and to do this as methodically as possible. In these circumstances a good photog…
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