Nix Burox
Nix Burox. Identity Materials responds
to Travaux photographique
Aligning their work with the content
and structure of Travaux photographique,
Nix Burox writes: "My project responds first and foremost to the idea of a
collection, divided into different tomes or folders, that each offer a
different perspective on the same topic." They probe the meaning of the archive, a major focus in their art practice, and
also addresses the freighted concept of identity. Underlining the idea of how
archives actively create meaning, they uses the self as a test case, selecting elements from their life and
playing with their re-organization of narratives. Through this act of
archiving, new semi-fictional identities or alter-egos emerge. In this
multi-book project, each ‘book’ or tome is a categorized alter-ego collection.
Nix
Burox is in their final year of studies in Print Media in the Department of
Studio Arts.
Video edited by Tod Van Dyk. Footage shot by Isabelle Fleurelien.
Book photos taken by Isabelle Fleurelien, 2018.
Text based on written and spoken interviews between curator Melinda Reinhart and Nix Burox.