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 With an interest in the human relationship to water, photographer Kerry Skarbakka stages a variety of water-related scenes, including floods and droughts. Skarbakka describes human interaction with water through extreme situations that underscore the substance's fundamental importance and power. These photos mimic actual documentation, though they are all fully constructed and staged in areas such as swamps, sewers, bathrooms and oceans. The artist received his MFA from Columbia College in Chicago and a degree in studio arts from the University of Washington School of Art. Skarbakka has completed artist residencies with The Contemporary Museum in Hawaii and the Light Work Artist in Residence Program in Syracuse, New York, and, in 2005, he received an award from the Creative Capital Foundation. This year, the artist will exhibit "Fluid" at Gallery 51 in Antwerp, Belgium; the same series of photos was exhibited with the Lawrimore Project in Seattle in 2006. Posted by Seth Curcio at March 21, 2007 12:00 AM | Permalink | E-mail This | |||
Join the discussion:i wonder whether the photographer has to shoot through glass to capture these images (i.e. because he creates huge fishbowls that must be contained by something, which is presumably glass) or whether he uses underwater photo equipment so that the water-containing structure can be built with non-glass. (this thought is mainly with regard to the "bathroom" and "sewer" shoot locations. i suppose the "oceans" and "swamp" locations would be more straight forward.) any idea? ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: justin | March 21, 2007 09:31 AM I would like to know how it was done also, nothing seems to be writen on that point. ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: michael | March 21, 2007 11:45 PM A friend sent this blog to me so I thought I would reply. Just to clarify, the work is actually made on location in swamps, rivers, oceans and other bodies of water. They are constructions in that they are not actual documentation of real "dead" floating bodies. The body is mine and I use a team of divers to help create the work, often as deep as 50+ feet down. I hope this helps. I created the Shower scene in my studio and it hurt. ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Kerry Skarbakka | March 27, 2007 10:14 AM Thanks for the clarification. I have made changes to the entry. Please keep us updated on any new work. ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Seth | March 27, 2007 11:41 AM |
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