Overcast, 2023
Film 2.43 minutes, prints (Ilford photosensitive paper) 8x10 inches.
Overcast is a series of monochromatic prints and an accompanying film that observe the permeation of photo-sensitive paper, light travelling at 300,000 km/sec (186,000 miles/sec). Overcast is produced using a Cameraless process where resin-coated paper is exposed to electromagnetic waves. Resin-coated paper has an emulsion layer of silver halide crystals which, when hit by photons, form microscopic metallic grains. When developed, the grains convert to black metallic crystals amplifying the exposure some 108 (100.000,000 x) times. Here, the premise of overexposure, where too much light hits the surface of the paper, is articulated as ‘overcast’, a condition synonymous with dullness. As the seeming antithesis to exposure, this binary relation (of covering and exposure) is inferred in the film where the substrate’s change from white to black materialises through chemical mediation.
Exhibited at Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK.
Film 2.43 minutes, prints (Ilford photosensitive paper) 8x10 inches.
Overcast is a series of monochromatic prints and an accompanying film that observe the permeation of photo-sensitive paper, light travelling at 300,000 km/sec (186,000 miles/sec). Overcast is produced using a Cameraless process where resin-coated paper is exposed to electromagnetic waves. Resin-coated paper has an emulsion layer of silver halide crystals which, when hit by photons, form microscopic metallic grains. When developed, the grains convert to black metallic crystals amplifying the exposure some 108 (100.000,000 x) times. Here, the premise of overexposure, where too much light hits the surface of the paper, is articulated as ‘overcast’, a condition synonymous with dullness. As the seeming antithesis to exposure, this binary relation (of covering and exposure) is inferred in the film where the substrate’s change from white to black materialises through chemical mediation.
Exhibited at Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK.
