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Black and white photograph, archival pigment print on Universal Photomatte, 260 gsm, bright white
From the Collection of Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell
Estimated Retail Value: $1,000
Starting Bid: $500
Jacob Koestler creates immersive, long-form multi-media projects that unfold through exhibitions, artist books, screenings, and live performance. Rooted in close observation and a documentary sensibility, his work often explores memory, place, labor, language, and the emotional texture of everyday life. Koestler applies this focus to collaborative film works through the collective Blurry Pictures and original live scores composed under the name Rural Carrier. Presented in an exhibition called Everybody Wants Somewhere—a line from the 2001 song Cashout by the band Fugazi—this photograph scrutinizes one’s vantage point on the Chicago cityscape, layering imagery to disrupt any “single-point” notion of place and suggest place instead as always unfixed and “in motion.”
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Jacob Koestler
Jacob Koestler (b. Johnstown, Pennsylvania; lives and works in Oberlin) earned his MFA in Photography and Integrated Media from Ohio University. His work has been exhibited and screened nationally and internationally at venues and programs including the CAN Triennial, Transformer Station, The Print Center, FotoFocus, and Silver Eye Center for Photography. His feature documentary ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (We Will Speak), chronicling efforts to preserve the Cherokee language, has screened at more than 30 festivals internationally since premiering at the Cleveland International Film Festival in 2023. Koestler currently oversees the media lab and 4D technologies in the Studio Art Department at Oberlin College.
