Metamorphosis
Humans are exacerbating the melting of the ice, as the burning of fossil fuels is not only
CO2, but also black carbon, a tiny component of air pollution, a million times
absorbs a million times more solar energy than CO2. When black carbon falls to the ground, the snow darkens and ice, reducing their albedo (the reflectivity of a surface), warming the snow and accelerates melting. My thesis work focused on the melting of ice based on this fact. I artificially create blocks of ice and capture the melting process in the experimental photo experiment. By exploring different camera-less methods, I am trying to answer the question of whether photography with a similar experimental attitude as the world of scientific experiments. As well as time the possibilities of mapping time.The search for methods to represent time has always been present in the arts. Real and imagined time. Actual time includes time-based work and media, time as a medium changing over time, as well as the impact of time on the work and how it affects its meaning. Implied time in the fixed moment, the illusion of time past, or evidence of time already past. The end result is a material of an entirely different form and sometimes different substance, which has a history of existence and of the changes that have taken place. In this case, my project processes real time using photogram and lumenprint+cyanotype. In this case, the process not only shows the dimensional changes visible on the ice, but also the object itself as a time measuring device. There are two ways to measure elapsed time. First, the physical changes provided a measure of time. I used a photographic sequence using the photogram, a nicely decomposed time map to reflect on natural changes in the world. However, I did not only focus on the stages of ice melting, but also on the overall transformation. I captured the entire melt on a single piece of photographic paper, resulting in a time and metamorphosis.
CO2, but also black carbon, a tiny component of air pollution, a million times
absorbs a million times more solar energy than CO2. When black carbon falls to the ground, the snow darkens and ice, reducing their albedo (the reflectivity of a surface), warming the snow and accelerates melting. My thesis work focused on the melting of ice based on this fact. I artificially create blocks of ice and capture the melting process in the experimental photo experiment. By exploring different camera-less methods, I am trying to answer the question of whether photography with a similar experimental attitude as the world of scientific experiments. As well as time the possibilities of mapping time.The search for methods to represent time has always been present in the arts. Real and imagined time. Actual time includes time-based work and media, time as a medium changing over time, as well as the impact of time on the work and how it affects its meaning. Implied time in the fixed moment, the illusion of time past, or evidence of time already past. The end result is a material of an entirely different form and sometimes different substance, which has a history of existence and of the changes that have taken place. In this case, my project processes real time using photogram and lumenprint+cyanotype. In this case, the process not only shows the dimensional changes visible on the ice, but also the object itself as a time measuring device. There are two ways to measure elapsed time. First, the physical changes provided a measure of time. I used a photographic sequence using the photogram, a nicely decomposed time map to reflect on natural changes in the world. However, I did not only focus on the stages of ice melting, but also on the overall transformation. I captured the entire melt on a single piece of photographic paper, resulting in a time and metamorphosis.
