Peter Eberlin

Abstract

Over a two-year period certain unappreciated, visual and factual aspects of the City of Rochester were systematically documented. These aspects of the City of Rochester consisted of Mobil Gas Stations and their owners, closed gas stations, and new businesses in former gas stations; the City Limits and residents, animals, and other noisemakers existing proximal to the City Limits; places where I had to wait in line; the MEN and WOMEN of City Hall; the dotted lines that separate traffic lanes; and a short, dead-end street that was bull dozed over and left for field. The process of documenting these aspects of the City of Rochester emphasized ways of categorizing and cataloguing seemingly random events and unrelated people and objects with respect to both time and space. The final exhibition installation engaged the viewer in activities similar to those I had to perform in order to complete the work.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions; Service stations--Pictorial works; Rochester (N.Y.)--Pictorial works

Publication Date

8-1-1985

Document Type

Thesis

Department, Program, or Center

School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (CIAS)

Advisor

Werberig, Charles

Advisor/Committee Member

Nettles, Bea

Comments

Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works in December 2013.

Physical copy available from RIT's Wallace Library at TR647 .E25 1985

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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