JW TOFTNESS
AMMMMT III: To Redecorate a Dream

This set of images, collectively "AMMMMT III: To Redecorate a Dream," builds on my long-term projects: "An apology made for the matter of material in metaversal times" (AMMMMT). The sculpture shown throughout these new images (an oversized papier-mâché hand) was set ablaze in the last installment of this project. These images seek to reanimate the sculpture, charting a path to a new life, though still within the confines of AMMMMT’s main themes. At its core, AMMMMT explores the tension that persists with digital immersion butting up against the material and physical reality of technological progress. A particular focus is on the psychological, even ontological, divide we appear to construct between digital space and tangible reality. The dynamic is not one-directional, and our sense of a divide is illusory. This third installment of the project sees the new life of the woebegone sculpture tethered to an exchange with technological objects and embroiled in a mediated existence.

Author
JW Toftness (b. 1984) focuses on human relationships with technology and on slippages between perceived and mediated realities. Toftness incorporates imagery from various nodes of visual culture, embedding in his works a critique of how image ecologies shape our experience. Based in Savannah, GA, he is a featured artist in "New South, Volume 2: Double Vision" (Atlanta Center for Photography, 2025). His work was recently exhibited in UnBound14! at Candela Books + Gallery in Richmond, VA, and in other group shows at: Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA; Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI; Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR; and ATHICA, Athens, GA. His first solo exhibition will be at Cleo the Project Space in Savannah, December 2025.

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jamestoftness.com

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