Join the Hite Institute of Art and Design for the first of our Spring 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition receptions. 

John Day: Light Without Memory

In confronting the tension between visual language and its inability to fully retain or communicate personal history, the work considers photography not as a fixed document, but as a fragmented and evolving dialogue between presence and absence. Using photographic and digital processes, the work reflects on the shifting role of photography as a personal and collective tool for preservation. As physical images deteriorate, their transformation into artifacts of loss parallels the expansion of digital imagery, where unprecedented volume and algorithmic organization further detach images from lived experience.

A reception for the exhibition will be held on Friday February 21 from 6-8pm. This event is free and open to the public.