Vliegtuigen uit de USA 1946 - 1947

This photograph of 'Vliegtuigen uit de USA', or airplanes from the USA, was shot by the United States Information Service. I find it very interesting that an image disseminating information is itself held up for our information. In this black and white image, the planes stand as these big, shiny, metallic sites of movement, connection, and possibility. The workers swarm around the turbines like worker bees. It makes me think about how each of us, including artists, are not solitary creatures but exist in a community or ecosystem. And how what an artist makes is always in conversation with others. It's like we're all part of one giant exquisite corpse drawing, each adding our piece to the collective artwork that is culture. The artist's gesture, the way they choose to represent the world, is like their brushstroke in this never-ending painting.