Open enacts metaphor to make visible the layers of oppression experienced by Palestinian apartheid. Exposed documentary images and HTML-coded emails are bookended with Arabic calligraphy and poetry. Delivered in a sealed cardboard film box, this soft-cover book utilizes photography as a tool to activate our imagination, reveal expansive truths and offer a revision of what hope and resilience look like. 

In this conversation, Morgan discusses, among other things:

The poetic capacity of an image

What makes a successful photo

Pivoting

Enacting of metaphor

Chemistry & materiality

Experimenting & refining

Activating the medium

Shifting failure

Pointing towards possibility

Collaborative sequencing

Mythmaking

Challenging pretend knowledge

Sharing agency

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