{"id":22135,"date":"2012-03-08T06:20:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T11:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=22135"},"modified":"2019-01-28T23:25:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T04:25:19","slug":"alex-soth-the-fantasy-of-retreat-makeshift-lairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/03\/08\/alex-soth-the-fantasy-of-retreat-makeshift-lairs\/","title":{"rendered":"alex soth: the fantasy of retreat + makeshift lairs of those who have gone off the grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22136\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/clothesline-in-snow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22136\" title=\"clothesline in snow\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/clothesline-in-snow.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Soth photo \" width=\"525\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/clothesline-in-snow.jpg 525w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/clothesline-in-snow-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/clothesline-in-snow-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: Alex Soth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/arts\/critics\/notebook\/2012\/02\/27\/120227gonb_GOAT_notebook_aletti\">New Yorker<\/a>, Vince Aletti wrote a brief description of an exhibition of photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/alecsoth.com\/photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alec Soth&#8217;<\/a>s work:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Soth&#8217;s subject here is elusive; he seeks out people who&#8217;ve gone off the grid, tracking survivalists, drifters, and recluses to their makeshift lairs&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;Working through his own ambivalence\u2014what he describes as &#8220;the desire to run away and the knowledge that you can&#8217;t&#8221;\u2014Soth take us to a place that&#8217;s almost as seductive as it is forbidding.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Our own ambivalent \u00a0&#8220;desire to run away&#8221; \u2014 the fantasy that it is possible, the possibility of stepping out of our lives \u2014 sent us to <a href=\"http:\/\/alecsoth.com\/photography\/projects\/\">Soth&#8217;s website <\/a>to see his work. We culled some intriguing images of makeshift spaces and things from the many projects he features. They are original, eccentric, mysterious, resourceful, reflecting very improvised lives. With each one, we wonder about\u2014and imagine\u2014 the backstory.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22137\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/hangers-in-cave.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22137\" title=\"hangers in cave\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/hangers-in-cave.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/hangers-in-cave.jpg 394w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/hangers-in-cave-80x100.jpg 80w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/hangers-in-cave-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: alex soth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22138\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/clearing-with-chairs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22138\" title=\"clearing with chairs\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/clearing-with-chairs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/clearing-with-chairs.jpg 525w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/clearing-with-chairs-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/clearing-with-chairs-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: alex soth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22139\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mountain-house-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22139\" title=\"mountain house 2\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mountain-house-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mountain-house-2.jpg 525w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mountain-house-2-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mountain-house-2-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: alex soth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22140\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/schoolbus-with-horse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22140\" title=\"schoolbus with horse\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/schoolbus-with-horse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/schoolbus-with-horse.jpg 525w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/schoolbus-with-horse-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/schoolbus-with-horse-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: alex soth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22141\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mountain-house-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22141\" title=\"mountain house 1\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mountain-house-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mountain-house-1.jpg 525w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mountain-house-1-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mountain-house-1-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: alex soth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22142\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22142\" title=\"bed\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bed.jpg 525w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bed-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bed-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: alex soth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22144\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/knife.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22144\" title=\"knife\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/knife.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/knife.jpg 525w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/knife-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/knife-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: alex soth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We hope to learn some of the back stories in an upcoming film about Soth&#8217;s work called &#8216;Somewhere to Disappear&#8217;. Here&#8217;s a trailer (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/oUcy8dBkpmw\">Video link here:<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"525\" height=\"297\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oUcy8dBkpmw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"525\" height=\"297\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oUcy8dBkpmw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Related posts<a title=\"survival guides + other apps\/books for the great outdoors\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2010\/09\/30\/survival-guides-other-apps-n-books-for-the-great-outdoors\/\">:\u00a0<\/a><a title=\"radical shift: economist into farmer\/forager\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2009\/09\/09\/radical-shift-economist-into-farmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">radical shift: economist into farmer\/forager<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"survival guides + other apps\/books for the great outdoors\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2010\/09\/30\/survival-guides-other-apps-n-books-for-the-great-outdoors\/\">survival guides + other apps\/books for the great outdoors<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"sightings: resourceful man, with a wealth of cans, reading\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/10\/10\/sightings-a-man-of-great-wealth-reading\/\">sightings: resourceful man, with a wealth of cans, reading<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"invent to thrive: plastic bottles of daylight\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/10\/20\/invent-to-thrive-plastic-bottles-of-daylight\/\">invent to thrive: plastic bottles of daylight<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"a (mind) game for cultivating resourcefulness\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2009\/10\/18\/a-mind-game-for-cultivating-resourcefulness\/\">a (mind) game for cultivating resourcefulness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago in the New Yorker, Vince Aletti wrote a brief description of an exhibition of photographer Alec Soth&#8217;s work: Soth&#8217;s subject here is elusive; 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