Arts + Literature Laboratory presents This is Bliss, an exhibition by photographer Jon Horvath, on display from Tuesday, July 9 through Friday, August 30, 2024. This exhibition was curated by Andy Adams in collaboration with FlakPhoto Projects.
This Is Bliss is a multimedia narrative project investigating the vanishing roadside geography and culture of a rural Idaho town named Bliss. The project is philosophically rooted in a broad consideration of how entrenched mythologies of place and traditional mythologies of happiness collide (and are frequently confounded) in a location that bears a complex narrative of booms and busts and reflects the complicated history of American Idealism and Manifest Destiny. The project adapts the narrative framework of a short story cycle by assembling approximately 15 standalone sub-projects into a larger cohesive experience that allows for various expressive strategies to share the stage.
Limited copies of This Is Bliss a photobook by Jon Horvath are available for purchase at Arts + Literature Laboratory during business and gallery hours for $60.00.
