solid the spaces lean on

i have been wrestling with this for so long. it needs something. or something taken away.
mixed materials (hair, glass, metal, wood, paper, rescued objects) 16cm x 25cm

100 curators 100 days

my work has been selected for the 100 days 100 curators project recently featured in the new york times.
details to follow ...

dark slide

75mm x 120 mm. unique c-type.

aeroplanes

just random thoughts while waiting for prints to dry ...
100 x 150mm on cardboard

dedham

this has something to do with natalie merchant's 'motherland' but i'm not sure what.
C-type print in salvaged mount. approx 12cm x 15cm.

You are not a dinosaur

many thanks to YOU ARE NOT A DINOSAUR for this little feature ....

truthfulness

the most binding oath of childhood. a solemn assurance of truthfulness.
35mm film with mixed media.
edition of 5 in vintage 4" x 4" mounts. image size approx 2" x 2".

joy

my parents' one word wedding invitation. 35mm film and chemicals.

new scans

after all these years, i'm finally getting high quality scans of negatives and seeing much more detail, especially in the creeping deterioration of the film. i love seeing them decay naturally, like organic matter. most darken as the negative thins and fades. others change colour, some get lighter ...

why i love film

this print of jake, lost for a while and now found, is why i love film. the gashes in the surface, years of neglect and abuse etched into the emulsion. damp, heat, cold, debris, mould, chemical burn, sunlight, the scraping through hundreds of projectors, layers of grimy fingerprints, smeared clean and then soiled again. colours slowly deteriorating, corrupting over time.... it's all there.
digital technology can approximate all sorts of lovely things but it can't age organically or fade or decay as film does. it has no surface to punish. film is a filter for light and the surface of film is an ever-changing collection of dust and debris. i don't care that it fades and scratches. these things are signs of life.