ISA LORENZO, 001

Isa Lorenzo, 001
August 7 - September 1, 2007
Silverlens Gallery
Reception August 7, 2007, 6-9 pm

These are one of a kind collaged darkroom photograph of the old Malate, Manila house Isa Lorenzo grew up in.

"I got to thinking about my mother's house, how it is a repository of installations: the height markings on the edge of a bedroom door, tableaus of decorative trinkets, walls and walls of photographs - and I thought to photograph these installations, these collections of objects left behind by the generations of the house's occupants."

"After a couple of times shooting, I realized that more than the objects, it was the house itself. The wooden floors in various patterns, the steps in the hallways, the grills on the windows and doors, the doorstops, the clocks and the banisters - these are most vivid."

"So I shot those and I shot the installations and in the darkroom, started the process of laying down memories to print in a way not unlike remembering - In layers, selectively, with images that come forward and some that recede, depending on the memories and their meanings. I laid them out in my storyboard book, and made notations as to which should touch, overlap, or be far apart in the same sheet of paper. I printed according to densities, according to contrasts, and mostly, according to feel."


Saturday Gallery Events, 3-5 pm, open to the public
� August 18, ARCHITECTURE AND HERITAGE TALK
� August 25, ISA LORENZO GALLERY TALK
� September 1, MANILA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA:



On the closing day of the show, members of the String Section of the Manila Symphony Orchestra will be performing the same pieces in solo at different parts of the gallery. The audience is invited to complete the performance by walking through the show and experiencing different soundscapes.

Gallery Hours are M-F 10-7pm, and Sat 1-6pm.
For inquiries: 816.0044 manage@silverlensphoto.com