The King of Nothing to Do

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Wrong by Asger Carlsen

“The ‘truth’ of photographs has always been in question, but in these images, it’s the un-truth you are left wondering about, like vivid hallucinations you see out of the corner of your eye. They are optical illusions in the grandest sense, doctored images with invisible scars. I can look and know that no one has two functioning wooden legs, but there he is, vacuuming the floor. There he is, stopped at a red light on his motorcycle, and I believe in him, over and over. There is a funny expression that people use online in reaction to awful or disturbing images: ‘Cannot Un-See!’ they say in dismay. The image is burned in, the damage is done. I cannot un-see the alternate reality that Asger has created in these images.” - Tim Barber