In Ken Lum's series, Photo-Mirror, he uses images that are "unrecognizable but familiar," photos that someone can easily relate to as similar, yet the people or scenes are unfamiliar. I think this relates to the way they might see themselves in the mirrors. As the article addresses, museums are "public space[s] for private contemplation" which in my experience leads to a somewhat uneasy feeling. Being confronted with so many mirrors must only raise this level of unease, leading them to also feel as though they are seeing themselves in a different light.
I like that Ken Lum's work seems to be more about how the viewer will understand and attribute their own meaning to a piece. This occurs in Photo-Mirror and also in Portrait-Repeated Text, where the viewer "ultimately projects his own experiences on an understanding of the subject's woes." I think this is interesting because Lum doesn't give very much explanation in these pieces, and the viewer must use personal experience to determine what the individual pictured might be going through or feeling.
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