: : Old Timer's Dis-ease : :
(2009) work in progress
Antique medicine bottles, inkjet print on paper, epoxy, lacquer finish.
With the onset of aging comes the desire to preserve as many memories as possible. In the case of the nomadic family, faces and names are not only at stake, but also entire languages and continents. This collection of bottles explores the "dis-ease" of facing such loss and society's attempt to prescribe its way out of the inevitable. Bottles photographed by Steffen Allen
