Let my eye see without seeking more
than what's there, and find what is
is sweet.
— (excerpt from Fugue for Eye and Vanishing Point, by Suji Kwock Kim)
In concept, it couldn't be more simple. I put film in a camera, I take a photograph, I remove the film from the camera and send it to you, you put the same film in a camera, you take a photograph. We end up with a double exposure. It's partly me, it's partly you; our two distinct views of the world overlap, and together we create something altogether new and unexpected.
In concept, it couldn't be more simple. In practice, it speaks volumes about the odd community of Utata. A young woman in Austria suggests a project. Others express an interest. Volunteers step forward to organize it and make it possible. And soon film is flying across oceans and continents, and people are collaborating, and distinct views of the world are overlapping, and our eyes are finding what is sweet. And yes, the photographs are sweet — and yes, the collaboration is sweet — and yes, it is sweet how we all came together and let our eyes see without seeking more than what's there — and yes, what is most sweet is that what's there is, very simply, us.