Another piece from Tom Series ... I utilize the self-portrait to project my life experiences. My portrait remains constant with the experience [situation] indicated as a change or flux in the image. The accompanying text details my experience. TOM SERIES is not only an artwork about my life ... biography [visual/textual] ... but also a reference tool ... a study of history through my existence. Crisis Tom ... A reconnaissance photo [completed SA-2 missile site showing characteristic Star of David pattern; courtesy of the Dino A. Brugioni Collection at The National Security Archive, The George Washington University] is superimposed onto Chambers face to indicate the stressful nature of his experience in 1962 because of the Cuban Missile Crisis. At the time and particularly on October 22 when President John F. Kennedy informed the world that the Soviet Union was building secret missile bases in Cuba, Chambers was living precariously close to missile silos in the Lincoln, Nebraska area [His father worked on the silos.]... more than likely a prime target or at least it felt that way for him as a fifteen-year old. The Thirteen Days [now a movie] of confrontation ... on the brink of a nuclear holocaust ... between America and the Soviet Union passed with the removal of the missiles from Cuba.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:10:50 +0000
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