Jeff Lovett A collection of research in process.

MPSU in Shawnee

This afternoon was a cold one in Shawnee and it was as empty as a ghost town. In stark contrast, beneath every fallen leaf and embedded in every patch of dirt, artifacts of this community's previous glory were abundant.

The following high resolution surface scans are taken with the MPSU (mobile platen scanning unit). These images, upon inspection, reveal a glimpse of the decline from a once thriving community center to the meager town that Shawnee is today.

In these scans, time is compressed; past becomes present, present becomes future, the artificial and natural co-mingle and the artifacts become "ghosts of repetition"*.

* - "ghosts of repetition" is a phrase coined by W. G. Sebald. I came across this phrase in the article An Archival Impulse by Hal Foster (October 110, Fall 2004 pp 3 - 22).

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