Remediation In Here

Across all three of our remediations, there is one key element that we shared: Here is about one specific location across time, not necessarily the people. The people in the story distract from the evolution of the location, especially as a result of the tendency of our minds to focus attention on people-centric narratives. In this way, removing the humans provides the viewer a unique, unclouded perspective on the images presented in Here. Features in the background become heavily emphasized and changes within the setting become more salient and inspire contemplation. Each remediation went off of one another in order to prove a point or to enable another task from being done. This led to an iterative series of events that built upon one another,

The near absence of space devoid of human life is clear bias presented in this novel because in reality, a large amount of time in a house remains an empty, personless, or eventless (by our definitions) space. It is interesting to notice these clear human biases present in this object when on first reading, McGuire seems to fearlessly confront assumptions surrounding human narrative in time and space. Still, what is considered an interesting event by McGuire is not just the space, but what happens in it, or superimposed on top of it. The dynamicism, the changes and strange events (whether it be animals) that give the space life in the human definition still remain the main subjects of Here, even when the physical space is brought to the foreground. Here, therefore, is less about a space in time, and more about what can occur in a single location throughout history. Even in spreads where there are no humans immediately present, they are not entirely absent. From an empty crib indicating the arrival of a newborn to a ladder implying recent housework, the space will always tell the story of those who inhabit

This is why the BCE, 1906, and 1942 spreads were chosen. If all the spreads were from when the house was in the location of Here, the evolution would not have been represented. 1906 was chosen because it showed what was there before the house existed and so that the readers would be able to have a view on what existed outside of the location of Here. 1942 was chosen because of the simple color scheme that would not interfere with other layers of the collage. It was also chosen because of it’s simplicity and the fact that it still had the infamous mirror. And the particular BCE spread that was used as chosen for its colors to contrast the drabness of the others--to give the readers something nice to look at and to change the focus to nature rather than buildings or other aspects of