Javier Molina is visual artist influenced by photography, film making, and a previous career in psychiatric settings. Using double exposure photography, Molina has been able to display their identity as a whole. Before photography, their voice was buried by the worries of the future. “If my work is to do anything, it is in the hopes of letting others see me for me. Just a moment of light amongst a sea of other exposures. Brief and burning.”
Artist statement
In ‘the space between’, my grief and transition is displayed through the use of multiple exposure photography on film. Using this technique, the viewer is brought to an unknown and unattainable physical space; but a space familiar in emotional recollection. In addition to this, poems weave the few words I have to describe this trek. Below is the poem that starts my path towards self discovery.
the space between:
I was told that the universe was made from atoms.
atoms built together the water that guides me home,
the faint smell of my love’s sweat,
and the neurotransmitters that tell me i’m scared.
i was told that these atoms never touch;
they build the world with endless space between one another.
since being told this,
i wonder what falls through crevices of our building blocks.
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silver gelatin print, 6 x 9 in, $150
6 x 9 in, $150