Annie
Hogan

Double Vision

Double Vision


The Double Vision series investigates slavery's legacy of injustice and inequity. One's race and bloodline were important markers for the continuation and perpetration of this system of power imbalance oft called in the North that 'Peculiar Institution'. As an outsider to the US, I question what lies beneath the grandeur and elegance of the plantation house, which is a powerful architectural and social symbol in the South. Along with looking at the main house I look at the grounds and the buildings that exist alongside it. The slave cabins (and the history of those that resided there) and outbuildings all were purposeful in their use to assist in production of food and maintenance and welfare of its workers. The small size of the cabins and the amount of occupants they held at one time seem incongruent in relation to the main house with its unique multiple rooms, high plaster ceilings and much fewer occupants. The pairing includes one scene from both the grand 'Georgian' house and one from the simple slave cabin as these abodes are inextricably linked in terms of family and heritage. The images are placed on each other at various opacities to produce a narrative that speaks to both images at once.The Double Vision series forces a conversation between two images at once. The two inextricably linked scenes from opposite sides of a plantation forces a connection to the past and present.