Taryn Simon: An American Index of The Hidden and Unfamiliar

Nuclear Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility Cherenkov Radiation Hanford Site, U.S. Department of Energy





"An American Index of The Hidden and Unfamiliar" est le titre d'une nouvelle série de travaux de Taryn Simon exposée pour la première fois au MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst de Francfort.

Basée à New-York, Taryn Simon a photographié des endroits des Etats-Unis habituellement cachés du grand public.

Rendre visibles d'obscurs endroits est lié à la tâche de véhiculer la connaissance.
Par conséquent, chaque image est accompagnée d'un texte de Taryn Simon expliquant précisément ce qui est vu et pourquoi cela est caché.





"An American Index of The Hidden and Unfamiliar" is the title of a new series of works by Taryn Simon, which is being exhibited in full for the first time at the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst.

Taryn Simon gives a visible and clear form to places that are otherwise taboo or removed from our gazes.

Making the hidden visible is linked to the task of conveying knowledge. Consequently, eachimage is accompanied by a text by the artist that precisely explains what is seen and the reasons it is hidden.






















Playboy, Braille Edition
Playboy Enterprises, Inc., New York






















Cryopreservation Unit, Cryonics Institute
Clinton Township, Michigan






















Research Marijuana Crop Grow Room
National Center for Natural Products Research
Oxford, Mississippi






















U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Contraband Room
John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York






















Alhurra TV, Broadcast Studio
Springfield, Va.





















Transatlantic Submarine Cables Reaching Land
VSNL International, Avon, NJ






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