Event 3: DMA UG Senior Spring Exhibition – Epilogue/Coda
At this year’s DMA Undergraduate Senior Exhibition, Epilogue/Coda, one piece that deeply resonated with me was Marie Godderis’s Oculus, Revisited. The installation blends photography and mixed media using the ViewMaster, an old analog device once used to view stereoscopic images and repositions it as a portal into layered personal and collective memory. What struck me most was how Godderis engaged the viewer not just as an observer, but as an active participant navigating through frames of remembered and imagined history. By combining images from 1939 to 2019, Godderis blurs boundaries between analog and digital media, challenging our assumptions about authenticity and temporality. This idea echoes Victoria Vesna’s “Toward a Third Culture,” where she argues that bridging art, science, and technology requires artists to work across disciplines to open new perspectives. In Oculus, Revisited, the ViewMaster becomes more than nostalgic tech, it transforms into an interface for e...
