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Arts + Literature Laboratory and FlakPhoto Projects will present a photobook talk with Milwaukee-based photographer Jon Horvath on Saturday, August 3, at 2:00 p.m. Horvath will discuss his book This is Bliss. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged.This Is Bliss (Yoffy Press, Fw:Books, 2022) is a transmedia narrative project investigating the vanishing roadside geography and culture of a rural Idaho town named Bliss.
The project considers how mythologies of place and happiness collide and are frequently confounded in a location with a complex narrative of booms and busts that reflects the complicated history of American Idealism and Manifest Destiny. All that remains in Bliss is two gas stations, a school, a church, a diner, and two saloons to service its 300 current residents. Through a thorough look at the contemporary landscape and its residents, This Is Bliss contrasts romantic visions of the American West with its contemporary reality and considers how the heights of idealism are envisioned on both a personal and cultural level.
Horvath's current exhibition at Arts + Literature Laboratory, drawn from the This is Bliss project, is on display on the second-floor mezzanine through Friday, August 30, 2024.
This event is presented in partnership with PhotoMidwest and The Wisconsin Book Festival.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Arts + Literature Laboratory, 806 E Main St, Madison, WI 53703-2928, United States,Madison, Wisconsin