Alex Lukas’s practice is much akin to that of the researcher, historian or collector of folklore, exploring exceptional sites in the American landscape. However, unlike most historians, he doesn’t suppress the fictional narratives associated with a site. Instead these serve as markers for the presence of a cultural imaginary through constructed narratives about the past, and serve as points of fascination that shape the outcomes of his research. These often take the form of a constellation of aesthetic and informative objects related to a particular location’s layered uses, memory, and identity.