Room 11 © Jennifer Bucheit
Thank you PhotoMidwest and juror Peter Turnley for including my image “Room 11” in the 11th Biennial Juried Exhibition. It is honor to be included among so many friends and their amazing photographs. You can check out the online exhibit at https://www.photomidwest.org/juried-exhibit-2020.
A quick announcement that I am delighted to be included in Photolucida’s Critical Mass top 200 for 2020. It is such an honor! I want to say thank you to the pre-screening jurors and send congratulations to all the other photographers. It’s truly a bright spot in this otherwise difficult year.
During Covid-19, I wanted to make the most of my extra time, get things done and check off some of my neglected “to do list” items. One of them was to sort through stacks of test prints I had set aside while creating my series Again & Again: A Reflection on Consumer Culture, and decide what to keep and what to toss. I was determined to complete my menial task in a timely manner however, the long uninterrupted hours of the pandemic had other plans for me.
I was forced to stop the grinding forward momentum I was used to, to slow down and reevaluate what I had right in front of me. Overlooked details rose to the surface as I carefully reconsidered each print within the overall context of my prior work; themes of reproduction, manufacturing, consumption and recycling were suddenly jumping off each of these images. Eventually, I came to realize that while intentionally creating one body of work, I had also unintentionally created another.
Test prints and carrier sheets initially used to produce other images, now held their own weight as individual photographic objects. As I removed double-stick tape that was adhered to each print, photographic imagery stuck to one side; instead of tossing it, I recognized the tape as raw material for future photo collages. Each of these photos revealed the process and formal echoes of their original companion images, yet each contained distinctive visual and tactile qualities in their own right.
I don’t know why it took a pandemic for me to see, and act, on the potential of these materials. Perhaps it was the universal shift of making do with what we have, finding new uses for old neglected objects, or finally appreciating the value in having “leftovers.”
This body of work extends the dialog of American consumerism introduced in my prior series “Again & Again: A Reflection on Consumer Culture” and the images are considered companion pieces to the main body of work. These additional unique pieces are ongoing and currently under the working title “Leftovers.”
You can view the work under the gallery section on my website titled “Leftovers,” as well as on the Catherine Edelman Gallery’s Chicago Project site.
Please join me, and UW professor of Community and Environmental Sociology Jane Collins, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. for a Gallery Talk: (How) Does Conscious Consumption Matter?
This event brings art and sociology into an active conversation about how we consume and whether changing our consumption habits matters.
In Jennifer Bucheit’s project "Again and Again: A Reflection on Consumer Culture," featured in the "Wisconsin Triennial," she presents photographs of the paper packaging that she encounters in everyday life, encouraging reflection on the life cycle of the goods, the messages the packaging conveys, and the implications of personal consumerism.
Jane Collins uses recent sociological evidence to open up the question of whether, by changing our individual consumption practices, we can solve large-scale problems such as climate change and inequality.
So very excited to share that I have been invited to participate in the Wisconsin Triennial 2019 at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. I will be showing five of my images from the series “Again & Again: A Reflection on Consumer Culture.” Please join me, and the other participating artists, for the opening reception Friday, October 18 from 6-9. The show will be up through February 2020.
I’m very grateful to have my work featured on “AphotoEditor.com” in the article by Jonathon Blaustein “The Best Work I Saw at Photolucida: Part 4.” Thank you Jonathon, and Photolucida, for providing a platform for these connections to take place.
I was so honored to be interviewed and featured on the IFCNR (The International Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources) blog recently. Sending a huge thank you to Michelle Aberson and IFCNR for the support and all they do to raise awareness about contemporary environmental issues.
I can’t begin to describe how excited I am to share that my series of photographs, “Again & Again: A Reflection on Consumer Culture,” was featured on Lenscratch yesterday! I’ve been a huge fan of this fantastic website for so many years—this is such an honor. Sending a giant thank you to the Lenscratch team and Aline Smithson for this opportunity and support.
Photowalk at Photolucida 2019.
Read MoreFor the past three years, the submission guidelines for Catherine Edelman Gallery’s “The Chicago Project” have been pinned on my wall. “The Chicago Project” is an online gallery dedicated to Chicago-area photographers with the goal of exposing their work to a wider audience. This past January I finally felt ready to submit my portfolio, and I could not be more thrilled to announce that I have been invited to participate. A big thank you to the Catherine Edelman Gallery for choosing my work! You can check out the initial announcement on their “Cyclops” blog page.
Ship To: by Jennifer Bucheit ©
I am honored to be invited to exhibit my fine art photography during Madison's inaugural LunART Festival on June 30th, 2018. "The driving idea of this festival is to create a vibrant, safe space for women where creativity is the queen! Through lectures, discussions, workshops and masterclasses given by our artist-in-residence and guest speakers, art exhibitions, concerts in various settings, from classical to jazz to rap, we are celebrating women’s originality, individuality, imagination, and strengthening community ties."
My work will appear at:
JUNE 30th @ 7PM | First Unitarian Society | 900 University Bay Dr, Madison, WI 53705
Join the LunART Festival in celebrating women in the arts! Enjoy this event featuring music by Composer-in-Residence Jenni Brandon, 2018 Call for Scores Winner Ingrid Stölzel, and Abbie Betinis, Hildegard von Bingen, Linda Kachelmeier, Elizabeth Alexander, Marilyn Bliss, Brianna Ware, Madeleine Dring, & Amy Beach. eaturing the LunART Festival Women's Choir conducted by Kathy Otterson. With special guests: visual artist Kelly Parks Snider and photographers Jennifer Bucheit & Katrin Talbot.
You can purchase your tickets online by clicking here. Please support LunArt's important efforts at their crowdfunding site https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/lunart-festival/campaigns/1522.
Very excited to be debuting work from my MFA thesis project, Again & Again-A Reflection on Consumer Culture, at the Academy of Art University's 625 Gallery in San Francisco. I will be participating in a group exhibit titled "Intersections" with three of my favorite people and fellow AAU photographic artists, Kirsten Belloni, Jared Fortunato and Natalie Van Sambeck. Please join us for the opening reception on Tuesday, May 8th from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at 625 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA. The exhibit will be on display from May 2 - June 1st, 2018.
100% by Jennifer Bucheit 2017
"Vortex" by Jennifer Bucheit
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