Reanimated structures reveal layers of history, use and meaning as attempts are made to reconcile their past with contemporary realities of rebuilding.  They are catalysts for developing visual legacies from the collective histories of those who built, ran and now redefine their use.

As an artist, photographer, historian and pioneering witness to these building environments, Eric P. Laverty operates within the transitional state between the ‘before and after’, navigating the realignment of material and energy before it settles, reconfigured for the future.  From this vantage point, he is positioned within a process reminiscent of when foundations were first laid; driven by new motivations, characters and technologies that resuscitate existing structures from their abandoned, decaying or otherwise antiquated state.