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CYANOTYPE DIPTYCH ON PLANT-BASED BIOPLASTIC, 2023
6”x8” EACH
Positioned within contained atmospheric conditions, two opposing bioplastic cyanotypes document water’s three states: ice, water, and vapor. The resulting transparent prints serve as a dynamic visual record of cyclical exchanges only possible within Earth’s atmosphere. Nature’s hand plays a central role in this work, as the Sun melts the ice, turns the water into vapor, and exposes the photographic emulsion. The substrate, a bioplastic composed of plant-based materials and cooked in the Sun’s rays, further emphasizes the natural atmospheric expression. By creating conditions that allow the water cycle to paint, the result is a diptych of the cycle itself.
Made in collaboration with Meka Tome for Forecast Foundation
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Brief: For Forecast Foundation’s Atmosphere issue, the artists were tasked to construct an art piece conveying a message regarding the atmosphere.
Approach: Create a piece wherein the atmosphere creates its own work.
Treatment: We appealed to this idea by creating a pseudo-atmosphere wherein most components of the water cycle would be present. Contained a plexi-glass cube, both hot water and an ice cube are employed for their respective purposes, condensing and melting, to create cyanotype diptychs on bioplastic sheets, positioned both at the top and bottom of the cube.
Design // Realization
Atmosphere available at https://www.forecastjournal.us/