Bat in a Vat


  • Photographer
    Cody Swanson
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2015

Bat in a Vat references the Brain in a Vat thought experiment which theorizes that the brain is disembodied, suspended in life sustaining fluid and connected with wires to a supercomputer which simulates our reality. Using digital capture and manipulation, I create antiquated looking photographs by artificial means. The historic portraits which I have re-photographed are of my ancestors, where I am looking for signs of myself and my identity. Using the bat to represent the Jungian Shadow, I am investigating my own reality and psyche.

You can create multiple entries, and pay for them at the same time.
Just go to your History, and select multiple entries that you would like to pay for.