Benjamin Fargen: East Levee Road – LENSCRATCH

Made during the COVID-19 pandemic, Benjamin Fargen’s East Levee Road encompasses isolation, while exploring humanity’s discards and witnessing the interminable force of the natural world. East Levee Road is seemingly in a state of decay, creating a serendipitous through line as the work was made in the pandemic era. While it seems like this may have been the right time for this work, East Levee Road did and continues to exist in this state outside of the pandemic. Knowing this informs the work at large and supports it with timelessness, giving the book context but not explaining everything.