The term Déjà Visité, meaning (already visited) defines one of the three nuances of
Déjà Vu and refers to geography and spatial dimensions.
The "Déjà Visité" project is a nomadic site-specific intervention, where postcards
from bygone eras are returned to their original place of postmark. The postcards are
smuggled back into local postcard racks among contemporary images of the
postmarked location, completing a journey at times over 100 years long.
An icon of the tourist and part of the traveling experience, the postcard acts as a
time stamp, over time creating a visual archive from different eras of a given place,
providing a window into the evolution of a site, as well as illuminating the buildings,
people, dress, technology, and language, which are obsolete.
The postcards are acquired from online auction sites, which are then shipped to my
current location and scanned for archival prints.
