Artist Talk — Jason Langer
Episode Summary
BERLIN embraces the complexity of this scarred city, traversing the incomprehensible nature of its brilliance and brutality. Langer’s 140+ black and white analog images are animated by three subjective essays— reckoning with personal interpretations of yearning, memory, discovery, fears, fantasies, and reality.
In this conversation, Jason Langer discusses, among other things:
Photography as a tool to explore one’s interpretation of reality
Being private investigators of your subject
Engaging new book design perspectives
Making creative choices that build context
Organizational structure’s influence on editing
Allowing curiosity to explore one’s feelings
Jewish mysticism
The power of text
How the digital age impacts representation and acquisition
Crafting a dream within a dream within a dream
This work is traveling to:
Museum of History and Holocaust Education, Kennesaw, GA.
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Portland, OR.
Holocaust Museum, Houston, TX.
Artist Resources/Inspiration
Books
BERLIN by Jason Langer, Kerber Verlag
Twenty Years by Jason Langer, Radius Publishing
Possession by Jason Langer, Nazareli Press
The Art of the Memoir by Mary Karr
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by CG Jung
Media
Wings of Desire (1988)
Station to Station by David Bowie (1976)
Creative Collaborators
Organizations