We belong to you, you do not belong to us – LPP Online Exhibition

We belong to you, you do not belong to us

Curated by Erika Lynne Hanson

Artists: Marthe Elise Stramrud, Matthew Jensen, Christopher K. Ho, Michelle Blade, and Sasha Krieger.

October 8-November 19, 2012

In Robin Kelsey’s essay Landscape as Not Belonging, he offers the following proposed definition of Landscape: “A fantasy of not belonging to the totality of life of a terrestrial expanse, traditionally taking the form of: You belong to us, we do not belong to you.” He goes on further to articulate the phenomena of that which is called Landscape is always accompanied by a sense of distance — it is an unattainable space never reached by the viewer, but rather only a view to be taken in.

To view the full exhibition, go here.