“What are we looking at in Signal chains: images or visuals, the representation of reality or the reality of representation? Do they refer to an Other or are they just to be conceived of as self-referential? … Instead of seeking answers solely within the works displayed in Signal chains (i.e., the objects in isolation), it would be much less tedious to explore the trajectory of Steven Cottingham’s recent image-based works, from which Signal chains seems to have come about (i.e., the objects-in-relation).”
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