Album

From The Museum of Human Achievement


Event Info
Date start 04.13.23
Date end 09.02.23
Start Time 12am
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Admission Free
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Welcome to my Homepage presents Album by Josh Kery.

Project Description

Josh Kery revisits the occurrence of a theft as an occasion to reflect on art making, record collecting, and preservation with his dad, Peter Kery. Fraudulent movers stole most of Peter’s possessions during a cross country move in 2021.​ Among the things not stolen are his complete vinyl collection and a portion of his photographic portfolio from the 90s.

During his residency, Josh created a web archive of audio of stories recorded during a series of interviews paired with B sides of original prints by Peter and A sides of new images by Josh. Album explores objects as memory triggers, and archiving as a way of accepting loss.

Artist Bio

Josh Kery is a multidisciplinary artist making work about passing down stories and possessions between family members. Through this work, he explores how we write family history and how it is shaped by outside events. He has shown work at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the UNC Chapel Hill Process Series, and the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry. In 2020, he earned his BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he recently left to move to Washington DC.

Viewing Details

On view online (desktop only) at welcometomyhomepage.net.