Mode Intersit Express contains a collection of literal and reproduced images captured by Alexander Jackson Wyatt. The interdisciplinary artist took these photographs in part while traveling, a detail that is present in those depicting the strandedness and exasperation that often accompanies layovers at the airport. Wyatt’s sensitivity to the in-between stages of transportation highlights a ubiquitous urge to slow down and take in one’s surroundings— it is difficult to do so without a goal or state of mind to reach for. A collection of photographs like the one featured in Mode Intersit Express communicates just that: Wyatt’s specific interest produced a surprisingly cohesive group of images that, when organized, produce an accurate projection of an experience much larger than the materials used to conjure it.
The publication’s physicality provides a level of structure that grounds the peculiar photographs in traditional publishing and bookmaking methods.
