LUZ DEL DÍA: Copyrighting the Light of Day

Exhibition Dates: March 3rd - March 31st, 2017 in Sunken Room, Flower City Arts Center

Reception: Friday March 3rd, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. in Sunken Room, Flower City Arts Center

Photography Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Exhibition by Stephanie Mercedes

In response to the Argentine Bill No. 2517-D-2015 that would erase all photographic remnants of the Dirty War from public access artist, Mercedes, attempts to preserve the archive by copyrighting "the light of day" of each image. Negatives and altered photographs displayed on light boxes will show the process of preserving the archive.