The Community Artphilein Editions In the noise

In the noise

opens itself up to the structure of a house with its inhabitants or to the architecture of an entire city with its population

The exhibition shows suggestive images of important international authors from the private collection of Rosella and Philip Rolla (Robert Adams

such as the millennia-old bristlecone pines in Nevada’s Great Basin National Park and the decaying stupa temples of Burma

acting as an intermediary

The Community Artphilein Editions In the noiseWhat began as an initial desire to photograph the insides of church basements quickly expanded into a much broader series examining the fundamental search for community in America. The activities depicted range from Boy Scout meetings to New Age spiritual practices to corporate team building exercises and were all made in multipurpose community spaces that are ubiquitous throughout the United States. I became intrigued by the way one activity bleeds