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Ever\u00a0since\u00a0the\u00a0genesis\u00a0of\u00a0his\u00a0craft,\u00a0Bogaers\u00a0has\u00a0transmuted the\u00a0raw ore of association\u00a0and\u00a0suggestion into the\u00a0very\u00a0scaffolding of\u00a0his\u00a0visual\u00a0lexicon.\u00a0He\u00a0curates a\u00a0phantasmagoria\u2014a\u00a0deliberate\u00a0assemblage\u00a0of\u00a0photographic\u00a0*objets trouv\u00e9s*\u2014where\u00a0discarded\u00a0amateur\u00a0snapshots\u00a0and\u00a0dog-eared\u00a0fragments\u00a0from\u00a0antiquated\u00a0tomes\u00a0collide. In this\u00a0space,\u00a0the\u00a0observer\u00a0is\u00a0summoned to excavate\u00a0latent\u00a0synchronicities, unearthing\u00a0meaning\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0wreckage of\u00a0the\u00a0mundane.

Photography,\u00a0for many, serves\u00a0as\u00a0a mirror held\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0cold,\u00a0observable exterior;\u00a0yet,\u00a0this\u00a0static\u00a0fidelity\u00a0has\u00a0remained\u00a0an\u00a0insufficient\u00a0vessel\u00a0for\u00a0Bogaers\u2019\u00a0ambition.\u00a0Like a cartographer\u00a0mapping\u00a0the shifting\u00a0topography\u00a0of a fever\u00a0dream, he\u00a0eschews\u00a0the\u00a0mundane\u00a0reflection of\u00a0the\u00a0tangible\u00a0to pursue the\u00a0elusive,\u00a0nebulous\u00a0contours\u00a0of the\u00a0human psyche. By forcing disparate\u00a0media\u00a0into\u00a0a\u00a0volatile\u00a0marriage,\u00a0he relentlessly\u00a0destabilizes\u00a0the\u00a0medium,\u00a0pushing\u00a0the skeletal boundaries of\u00a0the\u00a0lens until they groan under\u00a0the\u00a0strain\u00a0of\u00a0an expansive, interior\u00a0reality.\u00a0It is a metamorphosis of the\u00a0seen\u00a0into\u00a0the\u00a0felt,\u00a0an alchemy where the rigid frame\u00a0dissolves\u00a0into\u00a0a fluid,\u00a0kaleidoscopic\u00a0inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ever\u00a0since\u00a0the\u00a0genesis\u00a0of\u00a0his\u00a0craft,\u00a0Bogaers\u00a0has\u00a0transmuted the\u00a0raw ore of association\u00a0and\u00a0suggestion into the\u00a0very\u00a0scaffolding of\u00a0his\u00a0visual\u00a0lexicon.\u00a0He\u00a0curates a\u00a0phantasmagoria\u2014a\u00a0deliberate\u00a0assemblage\u00a0of\u00a0photographic\u00a0*objets trouv\u00e9s*\u2014where\u00a0discarded\u00a0amateur\u00a0snapshots\u00a0and\u00a0dog-eared\u00a0fragments\u00a0from\u00a0antiquated\u00a0tomes\u00a0collide. In this\u00a0space,\u00a0the\u00a0observer\u00a0is\u00a0summoned to excavate\u00a0latent\u00a0synchronicities, unearthing\u00a0meaning\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0wreckage of\u00a0the\u00a0mundane. Photography,\u00a0for many, serves\u00a0as\u00a0a mirror held\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0cold,\u00a0observable exterior;\u00a0yet,\u00a0this\u00a0static\u00a0fidelity\u00a0has\u00a0remained\u00a0an\u00a0insufficient\u00a0vessel\u00a0for\u00a0Bogaers\u2019\u00a0ambition.\u00a0Like a cartographer\u00a0mapping\u00a0the shifting\u00a0topography\u00a0of a fever\u00a0dream, he\u00a0eschews\u00a0the\u00a0mundane\u00a0reflection of\u00a0the\u00a0tangible\u00a0to pursue the\u00a0elusive,\u00a0nebulous\u00a0contours\u00a0of the\u00a0human psyche. By forcing disparate\u00a0media\u00a0into\u00a0a\u00a0volatile\u00a0marriage,\u00a0he relentlessly\u00a0destabilizes\u00a0the\u00a0medium,\u00a0pushing\u00a0the skeletal boundaries of\u00a0the\u00a0lens until they groan under\u00a0the\u00a0strain\u00a0of\u00a0an expansive, interior\u00a0reality.\u00a0It is a metamorphosis of the\u00a0seen\u00a0into\u00a0the\u00a0felt,\u00a0an alchemy where the rigid … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1201,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions\/1201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ftn-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}