Art/Art Theory

Amber Scoon

Letters to John Berger

Letters to John Berger is a collection of letters written to John Berger in the year following his death. While John Berger was alive, Amber and John sent each other drawings and ideas in the mail. They drew and wrote about observing the infinite and invisible. They wrote about philosophy, contemporary art, migration, surveillance, terrorism, politics, education and science. When John died, Amber continued to write letters. But where does one send letters to the dead? John believed that the dead are still with us. In here is where we meet, John wrote about meeting his dead mother in Lisboa. Amber is looking for John.

Amber Scoon is an artist and philosopher from Western Mass. She finished her BS at New York University, her MFA at American University in Italy and her PhD in Philosophy, Art and Critical Theory at the European Graduate School in Switzerland. She is the John Berger Fellow at the European Graduate School.